| 单词 | eastern shore |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEastern Shore Eastern Shore n. (chiefly with the) that part of Maryland and Virginia lying between Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > specific states > Virginia > parts of Eastern Shore1612 tide-water1949 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia v. 29 in J. Smith Map of Virginia We crossed the bay to the Easterne shore & fell with the Iles called Smiths. 1691 Jrnl. 15 Jan. in H. R. McIlwaine Executive Jrnls. Council Colonial Virginia (1925) I. 144 One to be appointed..doe the like on the seaboardside of the Eastern shore. 1785 G. Washington Diary 31 Dec. (1925) II. 461 Landed 230 Bushels of Oats to day from an Eastern Shore vessel. 1854 W. G. Simms Southward Ho! 179 In approaching the ‘Eastern Shore’ of Virginia..you find yourself gliding toward..scenes of repose, delicacy, and quiet beauty. 1948 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. vii. iv. 128 On the Eastern Shore [of Maryland], south of the Choptank river, the dialect shows the influence of Tidewater Virginia... It is often difficult to say of a strange Eastern Shoreman..whether he comes from below the Choptank or above. 2006 Chesapeake Life Nov. 104/3 The beaten biscuit made its culinary debut on dining room tables throughout the Eastern Shore during the eighteenth century. < as lemmas |
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