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单词 beached
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beachedadj.

/ˈbiːtʃɪd//biːtʃt/
Etymology: < beach n., beach v.1 + -ed suffix1.
1. Having a beach; prob. also, in early use, covered with ‘beach’ or shingle. beached-up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > beach
beached-up1600
sublittoral1839
beachside1869
midlittoral1912
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 85 The beached margent of the Sea. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. ii. 101 Timon hath made his euerlasting Mansion Vpon the Beached Verge of the salt Flood. View more context for this quotation
1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 162/1 The fossils..were not in good preservation, owing to the beached-up condition of the formation.
2. Of a ship: Driven or dragged up on the beach.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > grounding of vessel > [adjective] > accidentally aground
gravelled1611
sand-warpeda1661
stranded1703
beached1871
1871 H. B. Forman Our Living Poets 392 Lying in the dark shadow of his beached Argo.
1887 N.E.D. at Beached Mod. The beached fishing-boats at Hastings.
3. figurative. Laid aside, discarded; unemployed (cf. beach n. 3b).
ΚΠ
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 20 To be beached. To be turned adrift. Put out of employment. (Navy).]
1955 M. McCarthy Charmed Life (1956) i. 22 All the beached failures and second-raters of the twenties.
1962 J. Tunstall Fishermen xii. 259 Retired or ‘beached’ fishermen, as they forlornly call themselves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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