释义 |
ˈriver-bank [f. river n.1 + bank n.1] The raised or sloping edge or border of a river; the bank or ground adjacent to a river.
1565Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Margo, The brimmes of the riuer banke. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 764 With his last Voice, Eurydice, he cry'd; Eurydice, the Rocks and River-banks reply'd. 1710Shaftesbury Adv. Author i. i. 9 A great Frequenter of the Woods and River-Banks. 1764Skeffling Inclosure Act 13 In case the said river Humber shall..destroy the present river-bank. 1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 75/1 The females..seek out on the river-banks sandy spots for the deposit of their eggs. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 451 He ran Beside the river-bank. |