单词 | brooklet |
释义 | brookletn. A little brook, a rivulet, streamlet. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > brook or brooklet brookc888 ritheeOE burnc1000 bournc1390 becka1400 brooketa1552 gill1635 stell1651 branch1663 turlough1686 brooklet1813 nant1923 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. v. 20 Such lulling sounds as the brooklet sings. 1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales (1851) II. xviii. 256 Along the brink of a freshwater brooklet. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxiv. 492 These little brooklets came down from the range on our left. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1813 |
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