| 单词 | back-current |
| 释义 | > as lemmasback-current (ii) expressing ‘in the contrary direction,’ return-, as back-cargo, cargo brought on the return voyage, back-carriage, back-current, back-fare, back-freight, back-tonnage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > back again recarriage1541 reconveyance1652 back-carriage1657 retransportationc1751 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > fare > return back-fare1657 return fare1800 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > opposite back-current1657 counter-current1684 re-current1873 society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > cargo > carried on return voyage recargaison1656 back-cargo1657 back-freight1657 back-tonnage1657 1657 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 30 He treads the back-scent, brings a glove. 1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 361 Sending any empty Ships..for the sake of Back-carriage. Corn has been often carry'd..for nothing, in consideration of Back-Tunnage. 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 320 Our ships incur a loss of back-freight. 1832 in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) IV. 106 No, your honour, not unless you promise me the back-fare. 1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 36 The fish that everywhere In the backcurrent glanced and played. 1860 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 57 It is not difficult to procure back cargo. < as lemmas |
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