| 单词 | levant sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslevant sea C1. With sense ‘east-, eastern’, as levant sea, levant wind. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [adjective] eastereOE easteOE eastwardeOE easterlyOE eastenlOE easterna1398 orientalc1425 orient?c1450 Levant1601 easternly?a1606 eastwardlya1613 Levantine1649 Eoan1820 eastwards1838 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun] > Near East Levant1601 Near East1856 Nearer East1891 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 129 It begins at the Levant sea of Oriental Indians. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 386 She is built upon the utmost levant point of Europe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 704 Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent Windes. View more context for this quotation 1691 London Gaz. No. 2655/2 She was driven by a strong Levant Wind from her Anchor in that Bay. 1798 Lady Hunter Let. in M. Hunter Jrnl. (1894) 131 Some days before the rain came we had what they call a levant wind. 1819 H. Busk Vestriad iii. 656 Breathless, the ponent wind in vain he plies, Nor can the levant lift him. Levant sea C2. With sense ‘pertaining to or coming from the Levant’, as Levant feathers, Levant sea, Levant skin, Levant taffeta, Levant thrift (a plant). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Near East Levant1503 Levantine1649 Near Eastern1906 1503–4 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 239 Tua gret beddis of levand fedderis. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 482 Caryophyllus Mediterraneus. Leuant Thrift, or Sea Gilloflower. a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) ii. sig. D1v A sharpe Prognostication that shal scowre them..like leven taffaties. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3719/4 The Hon. Company of Merchants Trading to the Levant Seas. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 478 Sanuto..has left us a curious account of the Levant trade. < as lemmas |
| 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。