释义 |
ˈwatersmeet [f. waters' gen. pl. of water n. + meet n.; app. first as a place-name (near Exmoor).] A meeting-point of two streams.
1828T. H. Williams Devonshire II. 17 Below is a part of the river, the general boundary of excursions from Lynmouth, called Waters Meet, a small stream joining the East Lyn, on its left bank... Waters-Meet is accessible by ponies, from Contisbury. 1864Blackmore Clara Vaughan xxxiv, The haze that hovers above the watersmeet. 1883Lang, Leaf, & Myers Iliad 78 As when the torrents of winter flow down the mountains to a watersmeet [Gr. ἐς µισγάγκειαν]. |