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单词 mediterrane
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Mediterraneadj.n.

Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻtəreɪn/, U.S. /ˈmɛdətəˌreɪn/
Forms: late Middle English Mediterreyne, late Middle English Medtryraine, late Middle English Medyterrane, 1500s–1600s Mediterran, 1500s–1600s 1900s– Mediterrane, 1600s Mediterane, 1600s Mediterrean, 1600s Mediterren, 1600s Meditteran, 1600s Meditteren; Scottish pre-1700 Mediteran, pre-1700 Mediterane, pre-1700 Mediterran, pre-1700 Mediterrane, pre-1700 Mediterrayne, pre-1700 Mediterrean, pre-1700 Mediterren, pre-1700 Mediterrene, pre-1700 Medyterrayne. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mediterrāneus.
Etymology: < classical Latin mediterrāneus (in sense A. 1 after specific use in post-classical Latin: see Mediterranean adj.). With sense A. 1 compare Middle French Mediterrane (1512 in phrase mer Mediterrane : see Mediterranean adj.). Compare Mediterrany adj. and n.
A. adj.
1. = Mediterranean adj. 1 (in early use frequently as postmodifier). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > [adjective] > land-locked
Mediterrane?a1425
Mediterrany?a1425
Midland1579
Mediterranean1601
Mediterraneal1609
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean1595
Mid-terranean1605
Mediterraneal1609
Mediterrane1621
Midland1660
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 95 The kyngdom of Syrie..& Phenicye ben betwene Eufrates & the se Medyterrane.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) f. 139 (MED) His navy of shippis couerid the see named Medtryraine.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) i. xiii. 1249 Fra þe Mer Mediterrayne Lyis souythe on to þe Occiane.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bijv Passand..throw ye seis mediterrane.
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Jónsson in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 588 He that neuer saw the sea will not be persuaded that there is a mediterrane sea.
1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses & Bk. Psalmes Numbers xxxiv. 6 This great sea is commonly called the Mediterrane Sea.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 25 The Riuiera of Genoa, along the Mediterrean sea.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 77 Now Creta comes, the Mediterren Queene.
2. Inland, interior; = Mediterranean adj. 3. Now archaic and rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > interior land > [adjective]
Midlanda1475
upland1575
Mediterraneal1598
Mediterrane1599
Mediterranean1601
mediterraneous1646
interior1772
1599 R. Hakluyt tr. E. de Sande in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 91 They that haue seene the mediterran or inner parts of the kingdome of China, do report [etc.].
1608 F. Bacon Speech Gen. Naturalization in Wks. (1826) V. 54 It is the mediterrane countries, and not the maritime, which need to fear surcharge of people.
1630 J. Taylor Certaine Sonnets, in praise of Mr Thomas in Wks. ii. 62 The Mediterrane mountaines laught and smil'd, And Libra wandred in the woods so wild.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 262 in Justice Vindicated It were a most unreasonable thing that the same Lawes should be imposed upon Mediterrane places, where are observed in Maritime.
1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xix. 382 This is the quiet heart of Aramond's country: a mediterrane or inland secret valley.
B. n.
1. The Mediterranean Sea. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Mediterranean Sea
the great sea1382
sea of middle eartha1387
South Seaa1398
Mediterrany?a1475
Mediterranean Sea?1556
mid-earth sea1559
Midland Sea1579
Mediterrane1582
Mediterranean1621
middle-land sea1650
Great Lake1857
Mare Nostrum1921
Med?1942
1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. sig. Miij A great parte of the Continent, espetially..that parte that lay betweene the Occean, the Mediterrane, and the great Sea called Euxinus Pontus.
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia viii. 320 Phaselis, a little Iland in the Mediterane.
1661 J. Ogilby Relation His Majestie's Entertainm. 18 We'll whip him like a Gig About the Mediterrane.
2. An enclosed piece of water. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun]
mereeOE
laya1000
lakec1275
poolc1275
watera1325
loughc1330
loch1427
broad1659
Mediterranean1661
Mediterrane1694
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 167 By what means then was she moved into this small Mediterrane?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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