| 释义 |
brooklet|ˈbrʊklɪt|
[f. brook n. + -let: of very modern formation; the earlier equivalent was brooket.]
A little brook, a rivulet, streamlet.
1813Scott Trierm. i. v, Such lulling sounds as the brooklet sings. 1837Hawthorne Twice-told T. (1851) II. xviii. 256 Along the brink of a freshwater brooklet. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xxiv. 492 These little brooklets came down from the range on our left. |