请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 praia
释义

praian.

Brit. /ˈprʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈpraɪə/
Forms: 1600s appraye (transmission error), 1600s prea, 1800s– praia, 1800s– praya.
Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese praia.
Etymology: < Portuguese praia beach (15th cent.; 14th cent. as praya ) < post-classical Latin plagia (see plage n.3).The form in quot. 1682 apparently shows a misapprehension of the Portuguese word, with metanalysis of the Portuguese definite article a.
In Portuguese-speaking countries: a beach or shore; a river bank; a waterfront.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > [noun]
staithec893
cliffeOE
overeOE
wartha1000
strandc1000
brimc1275
brinka1300
rivagec1330
water bankc1384
cleevea1387
watersidea1387
clifta1398
rival?a1400
shorec1400
water breach1495
common shorea1568
verge1606
praia1682
riva1819
splash zone1933
1682 A. Wendover Let. 17 July in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (1997) I. 235 Goods bringing from the Appraye very reasonably with abundance of care, and delivered safe into your house.
1688 W. Cross Let. 4 Feb. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (2001) II. 263 Here has been two angles per month always allowed to the Captain of the Prea.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 541 Praia.., the beach or strand on Portuguese coasts.
1890 Engineer 24 Jan. 65/2 A more practical scheme is the proposed building of the whole river front of the city,..and the construction of a broad praya suitable for wheeled conveyances.
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 13 Hail, Mother! Hold me fast; my Praya sleeps Under innumerable keels to-day.
1933 P. Fleming Brazilian Adventure i. xv. 129 We slept that night on the praia, under a million stars.
1947 J. Bertram Shadow of War i. 11 Flags..streamed from the..roof-tops of grey Victorian company offices along the praya.
1987 New Yorker 29 June 27/2 The greater junks, like galleons; and the coastal steamers off the praya, arriving from Amoy or Swatow, or from green Saigon.
2005 Guardian (Nexis) 14 May (Travel section) 6 In Brazil..your cool rating can all be surmised from your choice of praia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1682
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。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/19 23:50:46