单词 | south and north |
释义 | > as lemmassouth and north c. south and north: along a line running from south to north. ΚΠ OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. iii. 30 Þæt [ealond on Wiht] is þrittiges mila lang east & west, & twelf mila brad suð & norð. ?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 11 (MED) Berwik lieth south and north of Golden stonys. 1596 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 194/1 Be the grund of ane auld dyk lyand south and north. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 220 The second [way runs] South and North, from Michaels vtmost Mount, To Cathnesse. 1786 J. Knox Disc. on Expediency of establishing Fishing Stations 27 This chain is principally composed of five islands, lying South and North, and separated from each other at high-water by four narrow channels. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 439/2 A large island..which..extends about 80 miles south and north. 1969 Internat. Law Rep. (1994) 38 52 Two main valleys running south and north. 2000 R. Balmer in J. Butler et al. Relig. in Amer. Life (2008) ix. 332 African-American migrations tended to follow the train lines, which ran south and north. < as lemmas |
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