| 单词 | fathoming-line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfathoming-line b. attributive, as fathoming-line. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring depth Niloscope1642 Nilometer1707 fathoming-linea1800 judge1874 a1800 W. Cowper Comm. Milton's Paradise Lost ii. 934 A fathoming-line..for the purpose of sounding an abyss. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist vi. §1. 364 The prophet here plunged his fathoming line into a deep ocean. < as lemmas |
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