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单词 groyne
释义
groyne
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n

WORD FAMILY
groyne: groynes
USAGE EXAMPLES
As 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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