Gulf StreamGulf-Streamn.

Geography.

A great oceanic current of warm water, that issues from the Gulf of Mexico and runs parallel to the American coast as far as Newfoundland, and thence in the direction of Europe. The name is sometimes given to a similar current in the Pacific, along the shore of Japan.

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Gulf Stream1775

Agulhas Currenta1830

North Atlantic Drifta1830

Labrador Current1835

Japan current1865

Alaska Current1868

Kuroshiwo1885

Japanese current1926

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 371 He..proceeded..afterwards, along the gulph-stream of Mexico.

1796 T. Twining Trav. Amer. (1894) 21 These signs denoted our arrival in the great current called by navigators the ‘Gulf Stream’.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 72 The warmth of the Gulf Stream is felt a thousand miles from its source.

1833 Ld. Tennyson Early Sonn. iii The warm gulf-stream of Florida Floats far away into the Northern seas The lavish growths of southern Mexico.

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 124 Sutherland is..warm enough, thanks to the gulf-stream, to suit the roller and the Bohemian waxwing.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. 84 The water of the Gulf Stream is a deep indigo blue in colour.

figurative.1859 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy (ed. 4) 16 Few are able, after entering the gulf-stream of dissipation, to check their headlong career.1865 J. R. Lowell New Eng. Two Cent. Ago in Prose Wks. (1890) II. 8 Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men, but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.

Compounds

Gulf-Stream weed n. = gulf-weed n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > gulf-weed

sargasso1598

sea-lentil1633

gulf-weed1674

sea-thistle1703

tropic grape1814

sea-grape1825

sargasso weed1830

Gulf-Stream weed1884

sargassum1905

sargassum weed1928

1884 Public Opinion 3 Oct. 426/1 Among them is the Gulf Stream weed, so often talked of by travellers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	gulf stream
释义	Gulf StreamGulf-Streamn. Geography. A great oceanic current of warm water, that issues from the Gulf of Mexico and runs parallel to the American coast as far as Newfoundland, and thence in the direction of Europe. The name is sometimes given to a similar current in the Pacific, along the shore of Japan. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > sea > specific Gulf Stream1775 Agulhas Currenta1830 North Atlantic Drifta1830 Labrador Current1835 Japan current1865 Alaska Current1868 Kuroshiwo1885 Japanese current1926 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 371 He..proceeded..afterwards, along the gulph-stream of Mexico. 1796 T. Twining Trav. Amer. (1894) 21 These signs denoted our arrival in the great current called by navigators the ‘Gulf Stream’. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 72 The warmth of the Gulf Stream is felt a thousand miles from its source. 1833 Ld. Tennyson Early Sonn. iii The warm gulf-stream of Florida Floats far away into the Northern seas The lavish growths of southern Mexico. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 124 Sutherland is..warm enough, thanks to the gulf-stream, to suit the roller and the Bohemian waxwing. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. 84 The water of the Gulf Stream is a deep indigo blue in colour. figurative.1859 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy (ed. 4) 16 Few are able, after entering the gulf-stream of dissipation, to check their headlong career.1865 J. R. Lowell New Eng. Two Cent. Ago in Prose Wks. (1890) II. 8 Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men, but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction. Compounds Gulf-Stream weed n. = gulf-weed n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > gulf-weed sargasso1598 sea-lentil1633 gulf-weed1674 sea-thistle1703 tropic grape1814 sea-grape1825 sargasso weed1830 Gulf-Stream weed1884 sargassum1905 sargassum weed1928 1884 Public Opinion 3 Oct. 426/1 Among them is the Gulf Stream weed, so often talked of by travellers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1775
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