| 单词 | pontine marshes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPontine marshes Of or relating to the area of western Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast just south of Rome, known esp. for its marshland. Frequently in Pontine marshes. ΚΠ 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xxi. 232 They created certaine Quinqueviri for the division of the Pomptine lands: and Triumviri for the planting of a colonie at Nepet. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvi. iv. 244 Why do we not at this day drie up the Pontine lakes [Fr. le lac de Pontia], and recover so much good ground unto the territorie about Rome? 1695 L. Echard Rom. Hist. I. iii. iii. 356 He undertook to drein the Pontine Marshes near Rome, and to empty the Lakes. a1748 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid vii, in J. Warton et al. tr. Virgil Wks. (1753) III. 362 And Anxur glories in her guardian Jove Where stands the Pontine lake and o'er the plain, Cold Ufens' stream steals gently to the main. 1792 Times 30 May 3/2 The Pope has had another apoplectic attack in a journey to the Pontine Marshes. 1852 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 15 167 Such is the effect of the low lands of Italy on the population, not only of the Tuscan Maremma, but of the Pontine Marshes and all the other depressed parts of the Mediterranean coast. 1894 Classical Rev. Feb. 17/2 Similar pieces of the Via Appia embanked with stone substructures may be seen on the descent from Genzano to the Pontine plain. 1908 H. James Let. 7 Mar. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) ii. 92 Teddy, in the Pontine marshes & at Subiaco, will feel planturous. 1944 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 27 May 2///7 The escape from the Pontine plain was made skillfully. 2004 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 1 Aug. (Travel section) 1 The largest of the Pontine Islands, Ponza is the favourite summer resort of well-heeled Romans. < as lemmas |
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