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单词 pontooned
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pontoonedadj.

Brit. /pɒnˈtuːnd/, U.S. /pɑnˈtund/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pontoon n.1, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < pontoon n.1 + -ed suffix2.
Furnished or equipped with pontoons; spec. designating an aircraft to which pontoons have been fitted, enabling it to take off from and land on water.
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1904 Humeston (Iowa) Advocate 29 Apr. 9/2 The Japanese occupied the island of Samolindo, to which they carried pontooned boats, etc.
1963 B. Fuller Ideas & Integrities viii. 150 These are the sailormen to whom the sea was the normal life and whose harbored, canalled and pontooned cities constituted their regenerative birthings at the sea's landed margin.
1979 D. Kyle Green River High xviii. 235 On the river, the firelight showed a pontooned helicopter riding at anchor.
1996 Newsday 21 July e13 The Southampton Town Board of Trustees last month banned pontooned planes from taking off or landing on the bay.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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