英语词汇“groyne”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

groyne

/ɡrɔɪn

(US groin)

noun

A low wall or sturdy timber barrier built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting.Four new groynes - timber planking walls running down the beach towards the water - will help trap sand and give greater protection to the base of the wall....

Visit any coastal area and you will see defence features such as groynes, sea walls and banks.
We're blowing all this money to build houses and ruin habitat with so-called beach renourishment and jetties, groins and seawalls.

Origin

Late 16th century: from dialect groin 'snout', from Old French groign, from late Latin grunium 'pig's snout', from Latin grunnire 'to grunt'.

单词	groyne
释义	groyne /ɡrɔɪn / (US groin) noun A low wall or sturdy timber barrier built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting.Four new groynes - timber planking walls running down the beach towards the water - will help trap sand and give greater protection to the base of the wall.... Visit any coastal area and you will see defence features such as groynes, sea walls and banks. We're blowing all this money to build houses and ruin habitat with so-called beach renourishment and jetties, groins and seawalls. Origin Late 16th century: from dialect groin 'snout', from Old French groign, from late Latin grunium 'pig's snout', from Latin grunnire 'to grunt'. Rhymes adjoin, Boulogne, coign, coin, conjoin, Des Moines, Dordogne, enjoin, groin, join, loin, purloin, quoin, subjoin
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