释义 |
ˈriverhood [f. river n.1 + -hood.] The state of being a river; the office or duty of a river.
1841Blackw. Mag. XLIX. 302 Expanding into the..ambitious promise of the youthful river; and anon, swelling forth in the stately majesty of full-grown riverhood. 1847H. Miller First Impr. Eng. ix. (1857) 144 The dull mound cuts off the Stour from its sorely-tasked term of useful riverhood. |