| 单词 | as smooth as a millpond |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas smooth (also calm) as a millpond b. In similative use, as the type of stillness of a stretch of water; esp. in as smooth (also calm) as a millpond. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] > which drives mill mill-troughOE mill-poolOE mill stankc1430 miller-pita1500 millpond1697 hammer-pond1887 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 217 It was quite calm, and the Sea as smooth as a Mill-pond. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy I. xix. 301 In the month of November, when the Mediterranean is always calm and smooth as a mill-pond. 1878 Scribner's Monthly Nov. in F. G. Holland Scribner's Monthly 1878–9 (1879) 85/2 A sea like a mill-pond, scarcely a cat's-paw on the surface. 1933 A. Huxley Let. 24 May (1969) 370 Sea like a millpond, and the cabin..palatial. 1952 C. MacKenzie Rival Monster xvi. 202 Yes, I daresay the Minch and the Atlantic are both as smooth as a mill pond at present. 1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) vii. 72 Molly..was violently seasick as they crossed on the Lyttleton Ferry even though it was as calm as a millpond. < as lemmas |
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