| 单词 | plankway |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplankway plankway n. (a) North American = plank road n.; (b) Nautical the narrow portion of deck between the side and the frame of the hatch in a wherry, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > gangway gangway1688 gangboard1700 running-board1816 bridge1843 plankway1849 1849 J. E. Alexander L'Arcadie I. 141 The plank-way, on which is the travelling for rough-shod horses only, is 16 feet wide. 1887 W. Rye Month on Norfolk Broads 48 How it did rain! The plank-ways, parched and dry with weeks of sun, let in the water everywhere. 1890 A. Hosie Three Years W. China 93 Rails of bamboo ran along both sides of the plank~way. 1965 Islander 14 Feb. 2/2 Yet in spite of these hazards this 14-mile plankway may well hold a record: for its 30-year history is unmarred by death or injury. 1992 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 52 682 A similar community formed..at the intersection of the upper Han River valley and the transmountain plankways linking North China and Sichuan. < as lemmas |
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