单词 | marina |
释义 | marinan.1 1. That part of a coastal town, esp. a resort, which adjoins the sea; a port area; a seaside promenade or esplanade. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > promenade > by the sea marine1615 promenade1648 front1766 marina1798 prom1909 1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 99 The Marina or Port [of Sorrento] is built close to the Sea on the Sands under this Precipice, from where convenient Roads are cut thro' the Rock up to the City above. 1805 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 106 The whole town was immediately in an uproar; the Marino was crowded with spectators. 1869 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 31 Mar. in S. Longfellow Final Memorials H. W. Longfellow (1887) vii. 117 Then we landed at the Marina [at Capri], amid a noisy crowd of men, women, and donkeys. 1901 Scribner's Mag. 29 441/1 We were gently wafted over the bar in a lighter and deposited,..on the marina of Rabat. 2. Originally U.S. A dock, harbour, or basin in which yachts and other small craft are moored (usually specially designed for the purpose); (occasionally) a leisure complex centred on such a mooring area. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > dock > type of yacht-club1834 yacht basin1929 marina1930 yacht marina1973 1930 (title) Report on a national marina survey of motor boat harbors. 1935 Yachting Monthly July 223/2 Fees for keeping a yacht in a municipal ‘marina’ (trick name for basin) are modest... Yachts are tied up in slips in these marinas. 1959 Manch. Guardian 15 Aug. 5/2 Everywhere in the United States the outboard motor, the cabin cruiser, the ‘marina’ (a little dock for pleasure craft) are to be seen. 1961 Times 28 Apr. 6/3 (heading) Hayling Island marina plan to be pressed. 1971 N.Z. Listener 25 Oct. 7/1 In 1928 boat-owners added another word to their vocabulary, ‘marina’. Coined in the United States to describe a new kind of luxury boating facility..it has altered the style and living of an increasing number of New Zealanders. 1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre iii. 51 There were yachts in the marina beside the big resort hotel. 1991 Holiday Which? Jan. 11/3 Much of the accommodation is around the bazaar area or along the busy road leading to the marina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † marinan.2 Dyeing. Obsolete. rare. Madder root that has been stored under soil for some months and then allowed to dry, used to produce a reddish-purple dye. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs madderOE grain1335 alkanet1343 Brazilc1386 crop-maddera1399 red-scarletc1400 alcanna?a1425 lac?c1425 madder root?c1450 incarnationa1475 jarecork1483 orchil1483 mull1507 orcanet1548 Bristol-red1551 red sanders1553 cochineal1582 safflower1583 chay1588 Pernambuco1595 red sanderswood1598 redwood1634 peach woodc1638 scarlet1653 mesteque1667 bow-dye1676 sylvester1697 corkir1703 gamene1703 orchilla1703 crap1721 saffranon1731 kino1788 Turkey red1789 lizary1791 granilla1812 munjeet1813 rubiate1835 orcein1838 purpurin1839 ruby wood1843 sassafrid1852 aal1853 pink salt1853 magenta1860 fuchsine1865 paeonin1865 safranine1868 corallin1873 marina1874 Magdala red1875 alizarin1878 eosin1879 Turkey red oil1879 roccelline1880 ponceau1885 amarant1888 phloxine1890 hypernic1897 Turkish red1900 Lithol red1930 1874 W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing 232 It [sc. madder] is next dried in the sun, and after this treatment is known as Marina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.11798n.21874 |
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