| 单词 | north-west passage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnorth-west passage north-west passage n. a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific, along the northern coast of the American continent; also figurative; cf. north-east passage n. at north-east adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > specific navigable channel north-west passage1576 north-east passage1600 1576 R. Hakluyt Voyages (1889) XII. 35 To proue by experience of Sundry Mens trauiles the opening of this Northwest Passage, whereby good hope remaineth of the rest. 1631 J. Done Polydoron 152 The Philosophers stone is like the northwest passage, lockt up in strechio D'avies, but not so cold in seeking. 1670 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 145 It [sc. industry] is the North-west Passage that brings the merchant's ships..to him. 1725 D. Defoe Voy. round World (1840) 6 He had already sent one ship..for a new attempt upon the North-West or North-East passages. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. A north-west passage by Hudson's bay, into the pacific ocean. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xxxix. 74 They are a North-West Passage Unto the glowing India of the soul. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 500 The north-west passage..was..solved by H.M.S. Investigator..reaching the western end of Barrow's Straits. 1901 Amer. Hist. Rev. 6 359 Frobisher was a searcher for the northwest passage and the gold mines thereabout. 1990 N. Baker Room Temperature xi. 90 I would..suddenly experience a piercing joyful turpentine feeling as a Northwest Passage through one sinus arrowed open after days of double blockage. < as lemmas |
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