A place where water flows; an arm of the sea; a creek, inlet, run of water.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea (28) fleetc893 A place where water flows; an arm of the sea; a creek, inlet, run of water. pillOE A tidal inlet on the coast, a small creek or bay; a pool, spec. one in an inlet or at the confluence of a tributary stream. arm of the seaOE In full arm of the sea. A stretch of water, esp. a long or narrow one, which projects or extends from the main body of the sea. sounda1300 A relatively narrow channel or stretch of water, esp. one between the mainland and an island, or connecting two large bodies of water; a strait… lougha1387 A lake or arm of the sea; equivalent to the Scottish loch, n.1 bracec1400 An arm; esp. an ‘arm’ of the sea or other large body of water. Brace of St. George = medieval Latin brachium Sancti Georgii (Du Cange): the… lough1423 Scottish./lux/ = loch, n.1 ? Obsolete. firthc1425 An arm of the sea; an estuary of a river. loch1427 A lake. Also: an inlet of the sea, esp. when narrow or partially landlocked; = sea-loch n. at sea, n. compounds 6a. resort1477 A channel or arm of the sea. Obsolete. rare. estuarya1552 gen. A tidal opening, an inlet or creek through which the tide enters; an arm of the sea indenting the land. rare in modern use. inshot1555 A piece shooting or projecting inwards; in quot. 1555 applied to a part of the sea running into the land. mere1574 An arm of the sea; a creek, an inlet. Cf. fleet, n.2 1a. Obsolete. portlet1577 A small port; a creek. fret1587 A breach or passage made by the sea. (Quot. 1884 perhaps belongs to fret, n.2) frith1600 = firth, n.2 sea-gate1605 ? An inlet of the sea. Obsolete. creek1625 transferred senses akin to 1. Applied more widely and loosely to any narrow arm or corner of the sea. Obsolete. sea-lochc1645 an inlet of the sea. wick1664 A creek, inlet, or small bay. fjord1674 A long, narrow arm of the sea, running up between high banks or cliffs, as on the coast of Norway. voea1688 A bay, creek, or inlet. backwater1867 A creek or arm of the sea, parallel to the coast, separated by a narrow strip of land from the open sea, with which it communicates by barred outlets. strait gulf1867 (see quot.). ocean-arm1871 ria1887 A long narrow inlet of the sea formed by the inundation of an unglaciated river valley. Formerly also: any estuary or inlet of the sea. fjard1904 An arm of the sea similar to a fjord but having a broader and more irregular shape and occurring on coasts of lower relief. geo1934 In Caithness, Orkney, and Shetland: a rocky gully or inlet on the coast. Also in extended use; (Geomorphology) a long, narrow, steep-sided cleft or… |
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