| 单词 | river steamer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver steamer river steamer n. originally U.S. a steamboat operating on a river, esp. one carrying passengers. ΚΠ 1831 N.-Y. Spectator 23 Dec. She..appeared almost as steady as your Hudson river steamers. 1833 E. T. Coke Subaltern's Furlough v. 70 The American river steamers are noble vessels. 1903 J. Joyce Let. 8 Feb. (1966) II. 26 I..came back to Paris in one of the little river-steamers. 1936 Discovery Dec. 379/2 The ordinary river-steamer services. 1999 Cathedral Music Apr. 31/1 One of our diversions..was to dance about on the timber logs seasoning in the river by Southwark Bridge and allow ourselves to be rocked on them by the wash of passing river steamers. < as lemmas |
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