单词 | runlet |
释义 | runletn. A little stream; a runnel. Cf. run n.2 24b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > watercourse or channel runeOE sitchOE pipeOE sichetc1133 guttera1300 siket1300 sikec1330 watergate1368 gole?a1400 gotea1400 flout14.. aa1430 trough1513 guta1552 race1570 lode1572 canala1576 ditch1589 trink1592 leam1601 dike1616 runlet1630 stell1651 nullah1656 course1665 drain1700 lade1706 droke1772 regimen1797 draught1807 adit1808 sluit1818 thalweg1831 runway1874 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > rivulet or runnel rindleeOE runningc1350 stripec1440 ruissel1477 channel1478 veina1500 rivel1542 rivereta1552 rivulet1577 rundle1577 runnel1577 runner1578 runnet1601 rival1602 riverling1605 run1605 riveling1615 creek1622 drill1641 vein riveret1652 riverlet1654 rigolet1771 runlet1801 1630 in Compact with Charter & Laws of Colony of New Plymouth (1836) i. 22 A certaine rivolet or rundlett there commonly called Coahassett alias Conahassett. 1647 Mercurius Melancholicus 16–23 Oct. 58 To have the over-flowing Runlets of our reeking bloud forced backe into their proper channels. 1661 Princess Cloria iv. 414 That which gave the greatest beauty to the place was, many runlets of water distilling from the stones. 1755 Parish Accts. in C. Wordsworth Rutland Words (1891) (at cited word) Paid..for two days Work at scowring Wire Lane Runlett, 20 June,..1s. 6d. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 794/2 The road continues pretty straight over a small runlet of water, over which is a foot-bridge. 1801 ‘P. Pindar’ Tears & Smiles 90 The runlet that murmurs away, [seems] To wind with a murmur of woe. 1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. v. 84 We found a well,..a runlet flowing from it down the rocky steps. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. iii. 32 Drops of water..seep through porous surfaces and sink..into runlets, which are added up into streams. 1963 M. Samuel Little did I Know 321 In the north the narrow runlet of the Nile asserts itself against the withering hostility of the desert. 2009 Western Morning News (Nexis) 2 Oct. 8 There are tiny rivulets and runlets everywhere in a wide expanse of bog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1630 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。