单词 | river-borne |
释义 | > as lemmasriver-borne river-borne adj. ΚΠ 1709 D. Defoe Of Union 49 in Hist. Union Great Brit. The Scots being no otherwise Exempted from those Duties, than a great part of England is, who pay no Duty for all their River-born Coals. 1854 Times 13 Mar. 7/3 Sir H. Young had the pleasure of reporting..the arrival of the first cargo of river-borne wool. 1928 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 12/4 Splitting the market into two, for river-borne and rail-borne supplies respectively. 2000 A. Ghosh Glass Palace (2001) x. 120 The streams' confluences were guarded by retrievers specialised in the capture of river-born logs. < as lemmas |
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