| 单词 | headstream |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheadstream headstream n. = headwater n. 3; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > head or source headeOE wellspringOE springOE uptaking1241 head wella1325 wellheadc1330 sourcec1386 headspringa1398 headstreama1398 risinga1398 surge1523 springhead?a1560 head fountain1563 water head1567 fountainhead1585 headwater1612 fill1622 water source1651 urn1726 vomica1838 sponge-swamp1901 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. ix. 1126 If þe heed of þat streme is ystopped many heed stremes brekeþ oute [L. uno meatu clauso multi erumpebant]. 1613 R. Kilbye Serm. 1 These parcels of holy Scripture naturally divide and branch themselues into these foure head-streams. 1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 8 Navigation..can be pursued up the Coose to one of its head streams. 1956 D. L. Linton Sheffield p. xxiv Turning southwards round the headstreams of the Don our boundary passes above the long Woodhead tunnel. 2007 Independent 18 June 25/3 The Amazon's principal headstreams, the Marañón and the Ucayali, rise in the Peruvian Andes. < as lemmas |
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