in.ter.vale
n.New England （名词）【新英格兰】 A tract of low-lying land, especially along a river.洼地：一大片地势低的土地，特别是沿河的滩地
来源：Variant influenced by vale 受 vale的影响 of interval interval的变体
<注释>Intervale is among the distinctive New England terms mapped by Hans Kurath in the Linguistic Atlas of New England in the 940`s. However, by the time the Dictionary of American Regional English surveyed the New England states 20 years later, says Craig M. Carver, author of American Regional Dialects, only three of the dozens of New England informants used the word intervale to indicate a .tract of low-lying land, especially along a river.. The word was common in New England at one time because so many settlements were made along the rivers, where the land was more fertile and the towns were accessible by water. Intervale 在汉斯·科拉斯于20世纪40年代绘制的 新英格兰语言地图 中属于有特色的英格兰名词。然而20年后 美国地区英语字典 调查新英格兰各州时，克雷格·M·卡弗， 美国地区方言 的作者，认为几十个英格兰地区讲本地话的人中只有三个使用 intervale 表示.大片地势低的土地，尤指沿河的滩地.。这个词在新英格兰很普通是因为许多人沿河定居，以及沿河的地区土地较为肥沃且通过水路也易于到达城镇
