单词 | the pool of london |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Pool of London b. With the and capital initial. (a) (also the Pool of London) the part of the Thames between London Bridge and Cuckold's Point, used esp. for shipping; (b) the city of Liverpool. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Britain > Liverpool pool1463 1463–4 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 118 Rykened by the tonne tighte from the Pole to the Citee. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) i. i. 1 The Ship is safe in the Pool then? 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 129 The River..between the Houses which we call Ratclif and Redriff, which they name the Pool. 1746 J. Bate Infidelity Scourged 17 He came to describe our Shipping in the Pool, near London. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames i. 26 300 Colliers have been at one time in the Pool, and there are usually from 150 to 200 Sail. 1898 H. G. Wells War of Worlds i. xvii. 174 Until about mid-day, the Pool of London was an astonishing scene. Steamboats and shipping of all sorts lay there. 1925 L. O'Flaherty Informer i. 23 He was over in the 'Pool on a job, but he's back this fortnight. 1972 P. Driscoll Wilby Conspiracy (1973) ii. 29 His origins: a street of back-to-backs..off the Scotland Road..the toughest part of the Pool to grow up in. 1985 S. Hood Storm from Paradise (1988) 75 The Pool was packed with freighters moored stem to stem. < as lemmas |
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