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单词 waterborne
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waterborneadj.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtəbɔːn/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌbɔrn/, /ˈwɑdərˌbɔrn/
Forms: see water n. and borne adj.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., borne adj.1
Etymology: < water n. + borne adj.1
1.
a. Of goods: put on board a vessel for shipment. Now rare.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [adjective] > put aboard vessel for shipment
waterborne1559
1559 T. Gresham Let. 1 Mar. in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) I. 258 To understand perfectly at the customers' hands, at the same day, whether all the cloths and kerseys be entryed and shipped and water-borne. And being once all water-borne, then to make a stay of all the fleete.
1643 T. Violet Humble Declar. 17 Such as prosecute and bring to discovery any of the aforesaid offences, are to have a moyitie of what they can prove to be transported, as what they seize, and to be water-borne to transport.
1662 Act 14 Chas. II c. 11 §7 If any Wharfinger..shall Ship off or suffer to be Water-born at or from any of theire said Wharfs..any Goods..prohibited..such Wharfinger..shall..pay the Summe of One hundred pounds.
1740 J. Ashley Mem. & Considerations Trade Brit. Colonies Amer. 109 The Places, Keys, or Wharfs, where such Goods are to be laden, or first Water-born, in order to be laden on Board the Ship.
1859 in Mercantile Marine Mag. (1860) 7 7 Goods thus shipped, or water-borne to be shipped.
1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 44 § 1(4) If any articles prohibited to be exported..are waterborne to be so exported, the exporter..shall be liable.
b. Carried or transported by water; conveyed by ship or boat. Hence of commerce, trade, etc.: carried out by transportation on water.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [adjective]
waterborne1654
sea-borne1673
1654 S. E. Toutch-stone Mony & Commerce 21 If Wools were Prohibited to be water born, within the Dominions of England, and Scotland,..I am confident it would prevent much fraud practised.
1702 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 158 This day they [sc. the commons]..past the bill for measuring waterborn fruit.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4818/1 Duties upon Coals to be Water-born, and carried Coast-wise.
1790 Act 30 Geo. III c. 55 §17 Butter..to be..water-borne, from the said Market, shall be viewed.
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames xi. 331 Fruit and Vegetables, water-borne on the Thames.
1871 Daily News 19 May Scarcely one-third of the fish brought to Billingsgate is waterborne.
1916 Edinb. Rev. July 180 Sailing directions are as old as water-borne commerce.
1988 P. Billingsley Bandits in Republican China 44 Like Zhoujiakou.., once the assembly point for waterborne goods bound via the Ying and Huai rivers for Shanghai, many major centers lost importance.
2005 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 27 June 6 It was once at the heart of waterborne trade in Lincoln—but Brayford Pool's dockyard days are long over.
c. Relating to or arising from transportation by water.
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1912 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 14/2 The matter of stability when changing from waterborne to airborne conditions.
1964 Boating Jan. 23 Built of rugged fiber glass and designed to provide all the space you need, the Avalon is perfect for all your waterborne activities.
1997 Austral. Financial Rev. 17 June 13/1 The waterborne fee..will be raised.
2.
a. Of a boat or other vehicle: supported by the water, afloat; esp. floating so as to be just clear of the bottom.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > floating (of a vessel)
afloat?1473
fluctuant1605
waterborne1608
sea-borne1840
sea-float1880
society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > floating (of a vessel) > just afloat
waterborne1644
1608 Relation Trav. W. Bush E 2 b Into which River he passed with his wheeles, vntill he was water-borne.
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 114 When a ship is even just of the ground that she floates, then she is water-borne.
1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd 75 The said C. D...shall and will..deliver her [sc. a Substantial Ship or Frigat] Water-born, or Floating.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 254 Launches..were employed in carrying out warps to drag the ships through the mud, as soon as they should be water-borne.
1896 Strand Mag. 12 322/1 The available width for launching is limited, and ships, as a rule, must be pulled up as soon as they are water-borne or completely afloat.
1944 Motor Boating June 66/2 The craft at once became the fastest waterborne hull on the coast.
2003 J. B. Earnest Attacks of Terror 68 Terrorists have taken note of the headlines that can be garnered by seizing waterborne craft containing hundreds of passengers.
b. Of a person, animal, or object: floating, afloat; in the water.
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the world > matter > liquid > action or process of floating > [adjective]
fleetingOE
superfluent?1440
floating1600
supernatant1607
innatant1657
waterborne1675
supernate1899
1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal ii. v. 50 That water-born Law-giver Moses.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 31 Sometimes he lay motionless on his back, water-borne, and dragging behind him a fine head of hair.
1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log i. 13 Redshanks, godwits, knots, and other waders can move as fast or faster just waterborne in shallow pools..than they can run.
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iii. 73 In a dory the weight of a cod is water-borne till the last minute.
1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation vii. 86 The planks and timbers will dry out... When they are once again waterborne they will leak until the wood ‘takes up’.
1990 R. B. Prior Clin. Applic. Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate Test 21 Once waterborne they swim upwards and then drift down, repeating this until the time of molting.
2008 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 21 Apr. The perimeter of the building is fortified with marine-grade plywood..to protect from waterborne logs or other items smashing into it.
3. Of a disease: transmitted by water, esp. that used for drinking, cooking, or washing; caused by a pathogenic agent present in water. Also: designating such an agent.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > agent or medium > transmitted by
waterborne1873
blood-borne1885
food-borne1898
louse-borne1919
tick-borne1921
vector-borne1956
1873 Calcutta Rev. 56 167 Malaria air-borne, malaria water-borne.
1892 Daily News 24 Nov. 2/1 Any waterborne epidemic.
1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Sept. 621/2 It is not difficult to conceive how a waterborne disease like cholera can thus be spread, especially in a country where the house tank is utilized for washing almost everything.
1948 Times 1 Sept. 5/5 A pure domestic water supply is provided not merely to provide water but to ensure that a community can live free from typhoid and other water-borne diseases.
2005 FQ July 76 A nasty water-borne bug or undercooked BBQ delicacy has left you glued to the throne.
4. Of silt, debris, etc.: transported or moved by flowing water but not floating on it.
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1878 Trans. Newbury District Field Club 2 6 Elevations and depressions..would be respectively weathered down into mountains and hills, and filled up with the waterborne débris.
1912 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 39 138 Only where recent deposits of wind- or water-borne silt have filled up the irregularities of the surface are level areas to be found.
1952 A. M. Smith Manures & Fertilisers iv. 98 The respective levels of land and river have made it possible to trap the water-borne silt.
2004 P. Whitfield Rough Guide Maori N.Z. (Wanderlust ed.) 67 A series of plunge pools formed by the scouring action of waterborne sand and gravel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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