| 单词 | salmon leap |
| 释义 | > as lemmassalmon leap b. salmon leap, a precipitous fall in a river (either natural or contrived artificially) over which salmon leap in ascending the river for breeding. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 369 In Irlond beeþ þre samoun lepes. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 220 They [salmon] are taken at leapes. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland i. 126 All the fisheries are his to the leap at Colraine. salmon leap salmon leap n. see leap n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish passage or ladder salmon leapa1387 fish-way1845 fish-pass1861 pass1861 fish-ladder1865 salmon ladder1867 salmon pass1867 zigzaga1877 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 369 Also in Irlond beeþ þre samoun lepes. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. xii. 288 The Salmon Leap (which is a steep-Sloap, composed of large loose Stones). < as lemmas |
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