请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 haff
释义

haffn.

/haf/
Etymology: German, < (Middle) Low German haf sea, corresponding to Old Norse haf, Old English hæf sea.
A shallow freshwater lagoon found at a river mouth, esp. one of those on the Baltic coast.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > lagoon
wash1530
lagoon1612
jheel1805
sea-lake1816
haff1859
pound1867
pond1926
1859 S. O. Beeton Dict. Univ. Information 582/2 Haff, haf, an extensive bay or gulf of Pomerania... 2. Of East Prussia... 3. A very extensive bay of the Baltic.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 294/1 The shore of the Baltic is generally low. Along the southern coast it is for the most part sandy... Where streams come down, there are often fresh-water lakes termed haffs, which are separated from the sea by narrow spits called nehrungs.
1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 447/1 The ‘haffs’ or lagoons on the Baltic.
1933 Discovery June 203/1 He writes from experience of fishing in general—on Exmoor, in a Prussian haff, in Cornwall, on Scottish waters, and in Ireland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1859
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 9:43:11