单词 | to make the traverse |
释义 | > as lemmasto make the (also a) traverse c. The action or an act of crossing over from one side of a physical feature to the other; a passage made across a lake, bay, mountain, etc.; (sometimes spec.) an act of crossing an open stretch of water (cf. sense 17b). Frequently in to make the (also a) traverse. Frequently (now chiefly) Canadian. ΚΠ 1793 J. MacDonell Diary 5 July in C. M. Gates Five Fur Traders (1933) 92 From the Tosinerre to the Pâte..is a traverse of about two leagues. 1793 J. MacDonell Diary 4 Sept. in C. M. Gates Five Fur Traders (1933) 108 Started after sunrise, made the traverse to the entrance of the red River Streight. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) ii. 189 I determined to attempt the traverse of the mountain. 1904 P. Fountain Great North-West vii. 61 When a bay or inlet is come to, the crew [of the canoe]..like to strike straight across from headland to headland. In the technical language of the voyageurs this is termed making a traverse. 1988 Winnipeg Free Press 24 Dec. 72/2 Up the Winnipeg River to an east-west open traverse of lake Winnipeg (two natives..had not seen such a crossing accomplished by canoe in their lifetimes). 2015 M. T. Greene Alfred Wegener vi. 137 They proceeded south with a dangerous traverse over the crevasse fields of the Inland Ice for four days, trying to shorten their return. < as lemmas |
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