| 单词 | sand key |
| 释义 | > as lemmassand key sand key n. [key n.2] U.S. = sand cay n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > small aiteOE islec1290 inchc1425 isleta1552 isolet1613 insulet1622 motu1770 sand key1775 islot1790 oe1810 illaun1882 sand cay1934 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida App. p. xli We found ourselves surrounded by three very small low sand keys (full of prickly pears). 1829 in Amer. State Papers: Naval Affairs (U.S. Congress) (1861) IV. 968 An effort is now making to form a naval establishment on the insulated cluster of sand keys called the Dry Tortugas. 1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 23 Anclote Sound is sheltered on the west, by Anclote, Jacs and Sand Keys. 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes v. 34 A beautiful land of low, evergreen hills..[looked] out across the pine-covered sand-keys of Mississippi Sound. 1930 J. F. Dobie Coronado's Children xviii. 308 They landed the Laffites on a barren sand key with just enough provisions to keep them alive a few days. 1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 89 143 The reefs which bear a sand-key, and on which there is no sub-aerial accumulation of coral-shingle, have a least depth of water of 3 feet. < as lemmas |
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