单词 | groyne |
释义 | groyne (once / 144138 pages) n WORD FAMILY groyne: groynes USAGE EXAMPLESAs the postchaise lumbered heavily up the rough-paved groyne that led from the sands she shook from head to foot. Weyman, Stanley J., Starvecrow Farm(2012) This bank in its turn threatened Harwich Harbour, and a groyne of concrete had to be set up to arrest its progress. Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund), Through East Anglia in a Motor Car(2012) The two packets between Falmouth and the Groyne, which had been left running at the close of the war, were after a time discontinued. Joyce, Herbert, The History of the Post Office—From...(2011) n a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away Syn|Hyper breakwater, bulwark, groin, jetty, mole, seawall barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement |
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