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单词 indraught
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indraughtindraftn.

Brit. /ˈɪndrɑːft/, /ˈɪndraft/, U.S. /ˈɪnˌdræft/
Etymology: < in adv. + draught n.: compare indrawn , etc., and draw in , to draw in at draw v. Phrasal verbs 1.
1. The act of drawing in; inward attraction.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > drawing in
indrawing1398
indraughta1682
indrawal1869
indraw1899
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 113 Having been long tossed in the Ocean of this World, he will by that time feel the In-draught of another, unto which this seems but preparatory.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World x. 289 The Dutch call that part of this Coast, the Land of Indraught, (as if it magnetically drew Ships too fast to it).
1749 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage II. 267 Being also dubious as to the Indraught of the Fall, the Boats came to an Anchor.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxi. 159 Better be sucked into the gulph of Florida than once get into the indraught of woman.
1891 Daily News 7 Sept. 6/5 The indraft of the towns is irresistible, and usually in silence, but with decision, and ‘for good’, the capable young men abandon country labour.
2.
a. An inward flow, stream, or current, as of water or air; esp. a current setting towards the land or up an estuary, etc.; a draught of air into a confined space; an influx, inrush.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > flowing towards shore
indraught1589
offset1902
the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > a movement of air > a current of air > inward or outward current
indraught1794
outdraught1857
1589 R. Hakluyt tr. G. Mercator in Princ. Navigations ii. 249 Hee sayd that those foure Indraughts were drawne into an inward gulfe or whirlepoole, with so great a force, that the ships which once entred therein, could by no meanes be driuen backe againe.
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vii. liv. f. 350 The sea will flow more by one point of the Compasse in the spring tydes..in euery riuer that hath any indraft.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xli. 95 In some Bayes, where are great indraughts, it [the tide] higheth eighte or ten foote.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 48 To avoid the Indraft of the Bay or Gulph of Mexico.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. iii. 73 The larger the fire, the sharper is the indraught of the air.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. vii. 54 The Esquimaux, too,..assert the existence of a well-marked indraft.
1858 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (new ed.) v. §283 These indraughts are known as monsoons at sea; on the land, as the prevailing winds of the season.
b. transferred and figurative.
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a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 24 To abate the mighty indraught of Forraine Manufactures.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. viii. 360 This indraught of the Lombard energies upon the Byzantine rest, like a wild north wind descending into a space of rarified atmosphere.
3.
a. A place where the water flows into the land; an inlet; an inward passage. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea
fleetc893
creekc1300
graina1400
updraught14..
armleta1552
land-featherc1582
indraught1596
inlet1596
vent1604
cut1630
re-entrant1893
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 259 Which betokeneth an Indraught (or Inlett) of water into the lande, out of, and besides the maine course, of the Sea, or of a Riuer.
1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 284 They have also vast In~draughts of some hundred Miles within Land.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 30 The one..is received by a rocky subterraneous indraught, and appears no more.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Indraught, a Gulph or Bay that runs in between two Lands.
b. figurative. ‘Inlet; passage inwards’ (Johnson). Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > means of entrance
doorc825
gatec1175
coming ina1398
ingressc1420
entress1481
indraughta1626
gateway1842
a1626 F. Bacon Advice to G. Villiers in Wks. (1861) XIII. 48 Navigable rivers are indraughts to attain wealth.
4. Revenue, income; ‘toll or duty collected at a port’ (Jamieson). Scottish. Obsolete. [Compare Swedish indrägt revenue, income, rent.]
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun]
renta1225
winningsc1380
profita1382
profity1432
revenue1433
fruitc1450
luck?a1475
improvement1478
apports1481
penny-rent1502
importance1505
filthy lucre1526
rentally1534
entrataa1538
a quick return1583
incoming1596
entratec1599
advenue1600
coming in1600
income1601
intrade1604
intrado1609
ingate1621
audit1625
increment1631
indraught1633
velvet1901
1633 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1814) V. 93 Grantit..the port and harberie of the said burgh of Bruntiland callit the port of grace with the indraucht thairof and prymegilt of all shipes coming to the said port.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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