low-water markn.

Brit.

/ˌləʊˈwɔːtə mɑːk/, U.S.

/ˌloʊˈwɔdər ˌmɑrk/,

/ˌloʊˈwɑdər ˌmɑrk/

Forms: see low water n. and adj. and mark n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low water n., mark n.¹

Etymology: < low water n. + mark n.¹With use in sense 2 compare earlier low tide n. 2 and at a low ebb at ebb n. 2b.

1. The point reached by the sea at low tide; the lowest level of a lake or river. Also: a mark used to indicate this. Cf. low water n. 1, high-water mark n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > low > mark

low-water mark1526

1526 in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 87 Anie wrak rivinge or drivinge in the sea without the Lowe water marke.

?1592 H. Barwick Breefe Disc. Weapons f. 26^v I would put foorth of my number two hundred shotte close to the lowe water marke.

1629 H. C. Disc. Drayning Fennes sig. C2 When the out-fals shall bee opened to Low water marke.

1677 in H. W. Richardson York Deeds (Maine) (1888) III. f. 80 The Land houseing Meddows trees & flatts to Low water Marke.

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 2 2 Inches above the Low-water Mark... 8 Inches above Low-water Mark.

1784 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 16 It continued in vast quantity almost to the spring tide low-water-mark.

1827 Louisiana Advertiser 15 Oct. The Mississippi has fallen considerably this month, and is now at almost low water mark.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iii. §17. 154 The lower limit of the beach or low-water mark.

1915 Minnesota Rep. 127 62 The bed of Longyear lake contains deposits of iron ore both between high and low-water mark and below low-water mark.

1924 Times 14 Aug. 13/6 These huge and shining thongs are the natural forest of the zone beneath low water mark.

1980 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. Mar. 376/3 Ohio contended that dams on the river had caused the waters to rise, shifting the low-water mark.

1999 Boat Angler May 14/2 Edible crabs can also be collected from rock pools at the extreme low water mark during the summer months.

2. figurative. The lowest possible level; a low point, a nadir. Cf. low water n. 2.

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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > low condition or low point > lowest point

low tide1608

low-water mark1651

falla1662

perigee1662

low point1749

bathos1759

nadir1793

pessimism1794

zero1821

bed-rock1883

rock-bottom1885

ultima Thule1976

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 285 The state of Learning, and Holiness, was now at the low water mark.

1745 H. Walpole Let. 4 Jan. (1846) II. 9 My ink is at low water-mark for all my acquaintance.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. viii. 125 I'm at low-water-mark,—only one bob and a magpie.

1852 Republic Aug. 59/2 Biddy's patience had ebbed down almost to the low-water mark.

1890 J. A. Riis How Other Half Lives xx. 240 There is scarce a branch of woman's work..in which wages, long since at low-water mark, have not fallen to the point of actual starvation.

1906 Surveyor 14 Sept. 331/1 It is to be feared that Acts of Parliament..often represent the low-water mark of reform.

1958 New Scientist 26 June 255/1 If Darwinism might be said to have touched a low-water mark, it was at the time of his own centenary fifty years ago.

2002 Science 4 Oct. 30/1 The findings mark this as one of the most extensive cases of scientific misconduct in modern history and signal a low-water mark for Bell Labs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low-water mark
释义	low-water markn. Brit. /ˌləʊˈwɔːtə mɑːk/, U.S. /ˌloʊˈwɔdər ˌmɑrk/, /ˌloʊˈwɑdər ˌmɑrk/ Forms: see low water n. and adj. and mark n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low water n., mark n.¹ Etymology: < low water n. + mark n.¹With use in sense 2 compare earlier low tide n. 2 and at a low ebb at ebb n. 2b. 1. The point reached by the sea at low tide; the lowest level of a lake or river. Also: a mark used to indicate this. Cf. low water n. 1, high-water mark n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > low > mark low-water mark1526 1526 in H. A. Lee-Dillon Calais & Pale (1892) 87 Anie wrak rivinge or drivinge in the sea without the Lowe water marke. ?1592 H. Barwick Breefe Disc. Weapons f. 26^v I would put foorth of my number two hundred shotte close to the lowe water marke. 1629 H. C. Disc. Drayning Fennes sig. C2 When the out-fals shall bee opened to Low water marke. 1677 in H. W. Richardson York Deeds (Maine) (1888) III. f. 80 The Land houseing Meddows trees & flatts to Low water Marke. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 2 2 Inches above the Low-water Mark... 8 Inches above Low-water Mark. 1784 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 16 It continued in vast quantity almost to the spring tide low-water-mark. 1827 Louisiana Advertiser 15 Oct. The Mississippi has fallen considerably this month, and is now at almost low water mark. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iii. §17. 154 The lower limit of the beach or low-water mark. 1915 Minnesota Rep. 127 62 The bed of Longyear lake contains deposits of iron ore both between high and low-water mark and below low-water mark. 1924 Times 14 Aug. 13/6 These huge and shining thongs are the natural forest of the zone beneath low water mark. 1980 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. Mar. 376/3 Ohio contended that dams on the river had caused the waters to rise, shifting the low-water mark. 1999 Boat Angler May 14/2 Edible crabs can also be collected from rock pools at the extreme low water mark during the summer months. 2. figurative. The lowest possible level; a low point, a nadir. Cf. low water n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > low condition or low point > lowest point low tide1608 low-water mark1651 falla1662 perigee1662 low point1749 bathos1759 nadir1793 pessimism1794 zero1821 bed-rock1883 rock-bottom1885 ultima Thule1976 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 285 The state of Learning, and Holiness, was now at the low water mark. 1745 H. Walpole Let. 4 Jan. (1846) II. 9 My ink is at low water-mark for all my acquaintance. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. viii. 125 I'm at low-water-mark,—only one bob and a magpie. 1852 Republic Aug. 59/2 Biddy's patience had ebbed down almost to the low-water mark. 1890 J. A. Riis How Other Half Lives xx. 240 There is scarce a branch of woman's work..in which wages, long since at low-water mark, have not fallen to the point of actual starvation. 1906 Surveyor 14 Sept. 331/1 It is to be feared that Acts of Parliament..often represent the low-water mark of reform. 1958 New Scientist 26 June 255/1 If Darwinism might be said to have touched a low-water mark, it was at the time of his own centenary fifty years ago. 2002 Science 4 Oct. 30/1 The findings mark this as one of the most extensive cases of scientific misconduct in modern history and signal a low-water mark for Bell Labs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1526
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