单词 | wadeable |
释义 | wadeableadj. That can be waded. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [adjective] > that may be waded wadeable1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Vadasile, foardable, wadable. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gayer, a Foord, or wadeable passage ouer a riuer. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gueable, wadeable; fit, likely, or easie, to be waded ouer. 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. iv. xx. 313 Vnderstanding that the Marishes were wadeable. 1693 J. Fraser in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 218 Severid by a smal streame weadable sometymes when it is low water. 1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize III. vi. 45 As soon as the fugitives were within wadeable reach of the bank, they jumpit out of the boat. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. vi. 578 Where the Brook withal is of firmer bottom and more wadeable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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