| 单词 | river pirate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver pirate 6. Physical Geography. A river, stream, etc., that captures the headwaters of another; also river pirate.For compounds in the same sense see Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > types of river > [noun] > specific headwater1535 Sabbatical river1613 salt river1659 tide-river1739 river pirate1743 salmon river1753 artery1787 warp-river1799 feeder1825 lost river1843 banker1848 tidal river1877 pirate1889 1889 W. M. Davis in Science 8 Feb. 108/1 There is a little river-pirate in eastern Pennsylvania unsuspected by its rural neighbors... The pirate is Deer Run, and its victim is the north-east branch of Perkiomen Creek. 1904 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. I. iii. 98 The tributary which does the stealing is known as a pirate. 1939 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 50 1333 Each capture strengthened and lengthened the pirate and weakened and shortened the victim. river pirate river pirate n. (a) a person who commits or practises piracy on a river; (b) = pirate n. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > types of river > [noun] > specific headwater1535 Sabbatical river1613 salt river1659 tide-river1739 river pirate1743 salmon river1753 artery1787 warp-river1799 feeder1825 lost river1843 banker1848 tidal river1877 pirate1889 1743 Genuine Acct. Malefactors 5/1 Capt. Keble..had linked himself into a Gang, who used to call themselves River Pirates. These were a Sort of Thieves who robb'd Ships as they lay at Anchor on the River Thames. c1849 ‘N. Buntline’ B'hoys of N.Y. iv. 30 Alvorado began to see how well his friend and rival River Pirate was situated. 1889 W. M. Davis in Science 8 Feb. 108/1 There is a little river-pirate in eastern Pennsylvania unsuspected by its rural neighbors... The pirate is Deer Run, and its victim is the north-east branch of Perkiomen Creek. 1914 R. S. Tarr College Physiogr. i. xv. 566 Anything that accelerates headwater erosion on one side of a divide..gives opportunity for the pushing back of the divide and the possible capture of headwaters, or even of good-sized streams, by the successful river pirate. 1962 S. E. Finer Man on Horseback xii. 230 The force of river pirates known as the Binh Xuyen. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane vi. 147 I'd used it to capture river pirates on tape in the Sundarbans. < as lemmas |
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