单词 | place of destination |
释义 | > as lemmasplace of destination 2. spec. The fact of being destined or bound for a particular place; hence, short for place of destination, the place for which a person or thing is destined; the intended end of a journey or course. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > destination scope?1611 stint1618 landing-place1727 Thule1771 destination1787 goal1788 ultimatum1862 1787 G. Canning Microcosm No. 32. ⁋2 That traveller will arrive sooner at his place of destination. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vi. 152 Anxiety as to the place of her destination. 1813 R. Southey Life of Nelson I. 199 ‘It [the fleet] has as many destinations’ he [Nelson] said ‘as there were countries’. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The ship left her destination; but it is more usual to say, the place of her destination. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland iii. 45 She..held by his arm till they arrived at their destination. 1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 60 §20 Ships..whose last port of clearance or port of destination is in any such possession. 1891 Leeds Mercury 27 May 5/1 [He] has at length arrived at his destination. < as lemmas |
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