单词 | sea-king |
释义 | sea-kingn. 1. One of the piratical Scandinavian chiefs, who in the ninth and succeeding centuries ravaged the coasts of Europe. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun] > pirate > chief pirate arch-pirate1489 sea-king1819 1819 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. I. v. 253 The two sea-kings..returned to Denmark. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 52 Hrolf, or Rollo Duke of Normandy, the wild Sea-king. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter iv. 380 The races descended from ancient sea-kings. 1863 Ld. Tennyson Welcome to Alexandra 1 Sea-kings daughter from over the sea. 2. Applied to the god of the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > of specific things > of sea or river sea-god1565 sea-king1582 river god1595 sea-maid1600 river deity1613 ocean god1647 sea-goddess1710 ocean-king1725 sea-maiden1893 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Thee sea king Neptun. 1888 J. Payn Prince of Blood (1892) xxv. 201 Like mermen in attendance upon the sea-king. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1582 |
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