| 单词 | spanish main |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSpanish Main Spanish Main n. the mainland of America adjacent to the Caribbean Sea, esp. that portion of the coast stretching from the Isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco; in later use also, the sea contiguous to this, or the route traversed by the Spanish register ships. Now Historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Spanish Main Spanish Main1725 main1890 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [noun] > Spanish Main Spanish Main1725 main1890 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 297 This is brought from the Spanish Main, or Continent of America. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 50 The portrait of a child born of negro parents upon the Spanish main. 1803 J. Burney Discov. S. Sea i. i. 7 That part of the continent, since known by the names of Terra Firma, and the Spanish Main. 1841 H. W. Longfellow Wreck of Hesperus in Boston Bk. (ed. 3) 74 Then up and spake an old Sailor, Had sail'd the Spanish Main. 1890 J. Corbett Sir F. Drake viii. 110 Cartagena was the capital of the Spanish Main. < as lemmas |
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