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单词 sea-like
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sea-likeadj.adv.

Etymology: < sea n. + -like suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-like.
A. adj.
Resembling the sea.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > like sea
sea-like1594
marish1609
1594 T. Bowes in tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. Ep. Ded. sig. a3 The tempestuous..waues of this Sea-like worlde.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 20 Rapidus Garumna, that is, the strong, sealike, and swift Garumna.
1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vii. 285 Declining southward many a land they lave, And widely swelling roll the sea-like wave.
1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent l. xv. 403 The sea-like expanse of the Victoria Lake.
B. adv.
After the manner of the sea.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adverb]
sea-likea1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 174 Our seuer'd Nauie too Haue knit againe, and Fleete, threatning most Sea-like . View more context for this quotation
1864 Ld. Tennyson Specimen Transl. Iliad 1 So Hector said, and sea-like roar'd his host.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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