单词 | pile-driven |
释义 | pile-drivenadj. Supported on or secured by piles driven into the ground. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [adjective] > with piles pile-driven1818 screw pile1840 pile-built1851 1818 Gentleman's Mag. 88 ii. 398 Built on what the Dutch call pile-driven bases, on a marshy and unstable soil. 1897 O. Wister Lin McLean iv. 59 Twenty minutes of swallowing..your pile-driven stomach dumb with amazement. 1970 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Nov. 16/2 The first pile-driven wharf..was constructed here for the use of the fleet. 1994 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Mar. 10 The council has led the way in encouraging pile-driven foundations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818 |
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