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单词 sea-girt
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Definition of sea-girt in English:

sea-girt

adjective
literary
  • Surrounded by sea.

    the rugged grandeur of the sea-girt castle of a medieval Danish warrior king
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is a feeling of being on an island, in a world apart – a sea-girt land that offers beauty and tranquility, far from the tourist scene.
    • Virtually all Guillemots in Britain nest either on sea-girt cliffs or on small islands whence the chicks can readily reach the water.
    • The virgin huntress who haunted the wild mountainside and sea-girt territory of Greece was a foreigner to the banks of the Nile…
    • Greatness never departed the land, which was sea-girt, open to all, but also open to all the world's possibilities.
 
 

Definition of sea-girt in US English:

sea-girt

adjectiveˈsēˌɡərt
literary
  • Surrounded by sea.

    the rugged grandeur of the sea-girt castle of a medieval Danish warrior king
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The virgin huntress who haunted the wild mountainside and sea-girt territory of Greece was a foreigner to the banks of the Nile…
    • Greatness never departed the land, which was sea-girt, open to all, but also open to all the world's possibilities.
    • Virtually all Guillemots in Britain nest either on sea-girt cliffs or on small islands whence the chicks can readily reach the water.
    • There is a feeling of being on an island, in a world apart – a sea-girt land that offers beauty and tranquility, far from the tourist scene.
 
 
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