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单词 can-buoy
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can-buoyn.

Etymology: < can n.1 + buoy n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcan-buoy.
Nautical.
A large cone-shaped buoy, floated over sands, shallows, etc., and usually painted of a definite colour for purposes of recognition. (Formerly called can-bodies, Smyth, Sailor's Word-bk.)
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nun buoy1703
breakwater1769
under-buoy1793
light buoy1822
bell-buoy1838
spar-buoy1860
gas buoy1865
whistling buoy1880
puppy1890
singing-buoy1894
gas float1895
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 A boy, a can boy.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Buoy Can-buoys..are in the form of a cone, and of this construction are all the buoys which are floated over dangerous banks and shallows.
1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 317 The Black Can Buoy on the Black Tail Spit.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 108 Single-coloured can buoys..will mark the starboard side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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