| 单词 | water-wrack |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-wrack water-wrack n. now rare debris left by a flood, the tide, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > cast up by sea or flood wrack1428 water-wrack1605 rack1655 ejectments1658 wrack-goods1671 rejectamenta1791 rejection1838 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 284 When pale Phlegme, or Saffron-coloured Choler,..print vpon our Vnderstandings Tables, That, water-wracks [Fr. vn rauage ondeux]; this other, flame-full fables. 1658 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1914) I. 174 Quhen tymber treis or onie uther fewall or watter wrak cumes doune the river and lands there. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches ii. 151 The remains of water-wrack..afforded striking proof that at certain seasons this diminutive rill becomes a mighty..flood. 1888 J. A. Harrison Autrefois 256 The felucca approached what looked like the abandoned water-wrack of centuries. 2007 D. J. Murray Confusion Matrix 122 A knight: the concept is dead, Like a wreath of water-wrack On a golden grave. < as lemmas |
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