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单词 goodwin sands
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Goodwin Sands


Goodwin Sands

(ˈɡʊdwɪn) pl n (Placename) a dangerous stretch of shoals at the entrance to the Strait of Dover: separated from the E coast of Kent by the Downs roadstead

Good′win Sands′

(ˈgʊd wɪn)
n. a line of shoals at the N entrance to the Strait of Dover, off the SE coast of England. 10 mi. (16 km) long.

Goodwin Sands


Goodwin Sands,

stretch of shoals and sandbars, c.10 mi (20 km) long, lying off the east coast of Kent, SE England. It forms a breakwater E of The Downs, a roadstead. Shipwrecks were formerly frequent on the Sands. The shifting sands do not allow the construction of lighthouses, but there are several lightships and numerous buoys. Traditionally, the Sands were once a fertile isle called Lomea, the property of Godwin, earl of Wessex; Lomea was submerged by a great storm in the late 11th cent.
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