单词 | pondlet |
释义 | pondletn. A small pond. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun] pound1248 pond1287 piscinaa1398 piscinea1400 stewc1440 dike1788 pondlet1839 mardle1866 tank1898 suck-hole1909 1839 Atlas 18 May 320/2 There are some novelties in the sculpture-room and in the aviary, and at the little pondlet beside the Swiss cottage. 1872 J. Muir Let. in Life & Lett. J. Muir (1924) I. 355 A hundred of these glacial lakes from a mile to a hundred yards in diameter, with countless glistening pondlets not much larger than moons. 1880 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah I. xiv. 264 A thin film of ice was formed about the edges of these pondlets. 1974 V. Nabokov Look at Harlequins (1975) i. iii. 12 Emblematic irises surrounded a green pondlet. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 13 May 6 Too late, we notice the pondlets of ripening manure glistening around us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839 |
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