释义 |
[ ok-suhs ] / ˈɒk səs /
Words nearby Oxusoxpecker, oxtail, oxter, oxtongue, ox-tongue partisan, Oxus, oxy-, oxyacetylene, oxyacetylene torch, oxyacid, oxyaldehyde Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for OxusThe finest cattle are said to exist in Khokand, and among the Karakalpaks on the Oxus, whose exclusive occupation is to rear them. Sketches of Central Asia (1868)|Arminius Vmbry The valleys of the Oxus and Jaxartes are very fertile, but the rest of the extensive province is almost a desert. The Story of Russia|R. Van Bergen, M.A. Aristobulus avers that the Oxus was the largest river, except those in India, which he had seen in Asia. The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)|Strabo In the Oxus valley north of the Hindu Kush the period is extended to forty days. Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
There it occurs in limestone, in the valley of the river Kokcha, a tributary to the Oxus, south of Firgamu. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various
British Dictionary definitions for Oxus
nounthe ancient name for the Amu Darya 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 |