| 单词 | half-tide rock | 
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-tide rock   attrib. and Comb. Left dry or accessible at half-tide, as  half-tide cavern,  half-tide rock;   half-tide basin n. 		(or half-tide dock)	 one fitted with gates which are closed at half-ebb. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > 			[adjective]		 > left dry at half tide half-tide1847 1847    J. Craig New Universal Dict.  				Half-tide dock, a basin connecting two or more docks, and communicating with the entrance basin. 1854    H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters 		(1858)	 532  				Half-tide rocks, very dangerous to the mariner, which lie a full half-mile from the shore. 1862    D. T. Ansted  & R. G. Latham Channel Islands  ii. ix. 242  				It is not every half-tide cavern that is thus inhabited. 1880    T. Stevenson in  Encycl. Brit. XI. 466/1  				In order to extend the time during which vessels can enter or leave a wet dock there are two additional works which are often connected with it. These are the entrance-lock and the outer or half-tide basin. < as lemmas | 
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