单词 | seaport |
释义 | seaportn. a. A harbour or port on the sea-coast; a town or city on such a harbour. = port n.1 3, 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > types of creek1478 mole1545 haveneta1552 havenleta1552 portlet1577 seaport1596 close-harbour1615 basin1725 close port1728 entry port1838 port of call1838 way port1846 tidal basin1858 tidal harbour1859 port of register1860 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > sea-port town porteOE haven townc1400 port town1576 seaport town1705 seaport1849 outport1935 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 12 It hes thir tounes Kircoubrie, Wigtoune, and the quhyt Case, al the thrie gude seyportes. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 388 We shall pass by the Sea-Ports, having mention'd them in the precedent Chapter. 1750 G. Berkeley Querist. (new ed.) §266 The sea-Ports of Galway, Limerick, Cork. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 335 Bristol, then the first English seaport. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §3. 184 The great merchant city..sank..into a petty seaport. b. attributive, esp. in seaport town (cf. port town n.2). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > sea-port town porteOE haven townc1400 port town1576 seaport town1705 seaport1849 outport1935 1705 Proclam. 18 Jan. in London Gaz. No. 4090/1 Until they Arrive at some Sea Port-Town. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 204 Portsmouth is a sea-port town. 1909 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 391 Apollo meets the Seaman at a seaport tavern. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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