| 单词 | water castle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater castle e. Situated or built on or beside water, as water castle, water frontage, water steps, etc. See also water bridge n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > over water watereOE water bridge1445 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > beacon > types of watereOE Jack in the Basket1710 balize1847 beacon-bell1862 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps > leading to riverside ghat1783 water steps1839 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 He gewicode betwuh þæm twam hergum þær þær he niehst rymet hæfde for wudufæstenne ond for wæterfæstenne. 1603 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 499/1 Lie girs of the watter bray. 1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight i. sig. B3 Why Orators wiues shortly will bee knowne like images on water staires, euer in one wetherbeaten suite. 1623 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) II. 10 None ys to repare any water Beakon but such as is subject to the Admirald Courte. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 255 A third excursion they [sc. the Danes] made..and..return'd..like wild Beasts or rather Sea-Monsters to thir Water-stables. 1671 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Remarkable Addr. 420 Opposite to Pyenes appears a Water-Castle, built on a Promontory... By this Water-Castle no Ships must pass, before they pay Custom to the City. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 18 Every Pier, Abutments, and Water-Stairs. 1780 P. Firmin View Present State Dutch Settlements 28 Batavia, had formerly a floating water castle, which is now almost sunk. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 23 The land is divided into long, narrow strips, that each lot may have a water frontage. 1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 21 Oct. We are now arrived at the water-steps of the temple, by which devotees used to ascend to worship at the shrine within. 1878 E. W. Clark Life & Adventure Japan vii. 136 He strolls along the water-quay and looks out towards those leviathan steamers. 1899 R. Barr Countess Tekla iii. 37 The boatman..propelled the skiff through the water-doorway. 1903 R. Kipling Explorer in Five Nations 51 I..Counted leagues of water-frontage through the axe-ripe woods that screen 'em. 1906 S. R. Crockett White Plumes xviii. 133 Cautiously..Madame Granier had peered through the thick grille of the water-door before admitting the Professor. 1920 T. S. Eliot Ara Vos Prec 15 Princess Volupine extends A meagre, blue-nailed, phthisic hand to climb the waterstair. 1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 739 Under no circumstances shall Jews be allowed to acquire land with water frontage. 1996 N. O'Faolain Are you Somebody? (1998) viii. 96 We..left my father off at the water-steps at Butt Bridge, beside the Evening Press. 2007 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 20 May (Property section) 6 The town of Trakai has Eastern Europe's only water castle, built in the middle of a lake in the 14th Century. < as lemmas |
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