| 单词 | rafting | 
| 释义 | raftingn.  The action of raft v.1   (in various senses); esp. the action of travelling by raft; the practice of this, esp. (typically undertaken in rapids) as a sport or pastime. Also  rafting-up. ΚΠ 1697    H. Kelsey Jrnl. 16 Aug. in  Kelsey Papers 		(1929)	 95  				Our 3 boats went to ten shilling creek to rafting. 1753    G. Washington Jrnl. in  Writings 		(1889)	 I. 29  				Crossing the Creek..was impossible, either by fording or rafting. c1778    in  Atlantic Advocate 		(1964)	 July 59/1  				Trimmed four-square and fit for rafting. a1817    T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. 		(1821)	 II. 167  				Their first experiments at rafting..were so often unsuccessful. 1840    Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 122  				Is not rafting the cheapest mode? 1891    M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 256  				This rafting had a fascination for me. 1920    W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor ix. 180  				On then swept the floe, crashed into the fixed ice, shattered its edge, rose up out of water over it, which is called ‘rafting’, forced itself on the unfortunate ship. 1926    C. Mair Mem. & Reminisc. in  Tecumseh liii  				I loved the river life..the ‘drive’ in the spring and the ‘rafting-up’ at Arne Prior or elsewhere. 1948    Life 6 Sept. 54/1 		(caption)	  				Rafting is popular among Madison's Huck Finns. Older boys can rent canoes, sailboats and rowboats at the nearby boathouses. 1988    Nature 1 Sept. 11/2  				This layer survived the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea..and subsequent rafting of the layer over the underlying mantle by continental drift. 2006    Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 3/1  				Mr Hodges..was on an excursion with Trek America, which organises ‘soft’ sports such as hiking, rafting and mountain-biking. Compounds C1.   General attributive.   rafting business  n. ΚΠ 1839    H. Lane Wandering Boy 7  				On the west bank of the Hudson river..he commenced a rafting business, and soon became a pilot. 1901    Davenport 		(Iowa)	 Daily Republican 3 Oct. 7/5  				They built the first boat with large power purposely for the rafting business. 1991    Omni Jan. 12/3  				The Tatshenshini River valley has already had its wilderness solitude disrupted by the establishment of commercial rafting businesses.   rafting distance  n. ΚΠ 1904    Daily Chron. 29 Jan. 3/3  				Unlike Crusoe he has no ship within rafting distance filled with everything he might want. 2000    Boston Herald 		(Nexis)	 12 June 25  				Cuba is within rafting distance of Miami.  C2.     rafting chain  n. now rare a chain used to bind logs together into a raft. ΚΠ 1822    Edinb. Advertiser 8 Mar. 1/1 		(advt,)	  				A Rafting-Chain, a Grindstone, Loading Planks, Lathwood Fathom, Cant-hooks, and Handspokes. 1842    A. Langton Jrnl. 4 Nov. in  Langton Records 		(1904)	 319  				His errand..was to get a rafting chain. 1927    Syracuse 		(N.Y.)	 Herald 9 Dec. 23/1  				Occasionally a set of rafting chains would be lost in the lake and sometimes they would be stolen.   rafting dog  n. an iron bar with a sharp point at one end and an eyelet at the other, used to secure logs in a raft. ΚΠ 1846    A. Young Naut. Dict. 244.  				Raft-dog, or Rafting-dog, a broad flat piece of iron, having a sharp point, and, at its other end, an eye formed through which the raft-chains are rove. 1872    Classified Index Subj. Invention 		(U.S. Patent Office)	 29  				Rafting-dogs. 1980    Amer. Speech 55 123 		(note)	  				A rafting dog is a metal spike, diamond-shaped in cross section, with an annular head. 2004    Oregonian 		(Portland, Oregon)	 		(Nexis)	 9 Feb.  a1  				The railway lanterns and rafting dogs—pointed eyelets hammered into logs so they could be lashed into rafts—that Mac used to sell on the road.   rafting works  n. (in the logging industry) a place where logs are stored. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > 			[noun]		 > site for storing floating timber timber-pond1840 rafting works1886 holding ground1957 1886    Daily Northwestern 		(Oshkosh, Wisconsin)	 10 July  				The Beef Slough company which has closed its rafting works on account of low water paid out over $16,000 to 600 men Friday. 1931    Sun 		(Baltimore)	 20 Mar. 10/6  				The Mississippi Logging Company..maintained a boarding house..on the way to the rafting works at West Newton. 2003    J. O. Anfinson River We have Wrought iv. 97  				The company moved its rafting works to West Newton Chute, 10 miles downstream and on the Minnesota side of the river, meaning it had to float its logs across the river. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). raftingadj.1  Of ice: that rafts. Cf. raft v.1 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > 			[adjective]		 > piled up (of floating ice) rafted1846 rafting1883 1883    J. Hatton  & M. Harvey Newfoundland  iii. iv. 311  				When they are in danger from ‘rafting’ ice, or fragments of floes..the self-sacrificing affection of the mothers leads them to brave all dangers. 1935    Discovery Mar. 77/1  				A suitable block-and-tackle is essential in order that the boat may be hauled far enough up the shore to be safe from ‘rafting’ ice. 1966    Weekend Mag. 		(Montreal)	 19 Mar. 34/1  				Each year..seals congregate on the rafting ice pressing in around the shores of Canada's Magdalen Islands. 1999    Evolution 53 785/2  				Some exchange of rafting ice floes from eastern Siberia..across to the western Arctic Ocean. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). raftingadj.2 English regional (southern). rare.   That rouses or stirs up (a person). ΚΠ 1896    T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree 		(rev. ed.)	  i. iv. 32  				Your brass-man is a rafting dog—well and good; your reed-man is a dab at stirring ye—well and good. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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