单词 | rodges-blast |
释义 | rodges-blastn. English regional (East Anglian). Now rare. A sudden small, localized whirlwind; = Roger's Blast n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blast or gust of ghosteOE blasta1000 blas?c1225 ragec1405 blorec1440 flaw1513 thud1513 flaga1522 fuddera1522 flake1555 flan1572 whid?1590 flirta1592 gust1594 berry1598 wind-catch1610 snuff1613 stress1625 flash1653 blow1655 fresh1662 scud1694 flurry1698 gush1704 flam1711 waff1727 flawer1737 Roger's Blasta1825 flaff1827 slat1840 scart1861 rodges-blast1879 huffle1889 slap1890 slammer1891 Sir Roger1893 1879 Edinb. Monthly Dec. 749/2 Occasionally a ‘rodges-blast’ sweeps like a whirlwind over the marshes, lifting the reed-stacks, wrecking windmills, and dismasting the wherries. 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads (1884) xxxiv. 266 You may see..the trees uprooted for a space where a rodges-blast has descended. 1890 ‘D. Dale’ Noah's Ark i A sudden squall came up, as these rodges-blasts do spring up on the Broads. 1914 Manch. Guardian 2 June 7/6 Occasionally what is known as a ‘rodges-blast’—a kind of rotatory wind squall—sweeps across the marshes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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。