释义 |
‖ liman|liːˈmɑːn| [Russian liman estuary; applied to the salt-marshes at the mouths of the Dnieper (cf. Turkish liman harbour, mod.Gr. λίµανι, ? Gr. λιµήν).] (See quots.)
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Liman, a shallow narrow lagoon, at the mouth of rivers, where salt is made. 1859Rawlinson Herod. III. iv. liii. 48 note, The word in the Greek..is rather ‘marsh’ than ‘lake’, and the liman of the Dniepr is in point of fact so shallow as almost to deserve the name. 1879Webster Suppl., Liman, the deposit of slime at the mouth of a river. |