单词 | nun buoy |
释义 | nun buoy[ nuhn ] / nʌn / nouna conical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker, especially on the starboard side of a channel entering from seaward. Compare can buoy. Origin of nun buoy1695–1705; obsolete nun spinning top + buoy Words nearby nun buoynumskull, nun, nunatak, nunation, Nunavut, nun buoy, nunc, Nunc Dimittis, nunchaku, nunciature, nuncio Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nun buoy
British Dictionary definitions for nun buoynun buoy / (nʌn) / nounnautical a buoy, conical at the top, marking the right side of a channel leading into a harbour: green in British waters but red in US watersCompare can buoy Word Origin for nun buoyC18: from obsolete nun a child's spinning top + buoy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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