late 14c., from Gaelic loch "lake, narrow arm of the sea," cognate with Old Irish loch "body of water, lake," Breton lagen, Anglo-Irish lough, Latin lacus (see lake (n.1)). The Loch Ness monster is first attested 1933.
实用例句
1. They spent their afternoons playing golf—extremely badly, I may add—around Loch Lomond.
他们下午都在洛蒙德湖边打高尔夫——顺便提一句，球技糟透了。来自柯林斯例句
2. The loch's overflow cascades into the waterfalls of a Japanese water garden.
溢出的湖水倾泻而下，形成了一座日式水景花园的瀑布。来自柯林斯例句
3. Loch plainly felt guilty about it.
洛赫明显对此感到愧疚。来自柯林斯例句
4. a reported sighting of the Loch Ness monster
据报道有人看见尼斯湖水怪来自《权威词典》
5. There have been many attempts, both light-hearted and serious, to locate the Loch Ness Monster.
