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单词 seagoing
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seagoingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sea n., going adj.
Etymology: < sea n. + going adj. Compare earlier seafaring adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-going.
1.
a. Going on the sea, applied to a vessel which makes distant journeys as opposed to a coasting, harbour, or river vessel.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [adjective] > ocean-going
seagoing1829
ocean-going1854
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. x. 296 I should be sent out..in some sea-going ship.
1909 19th Cent. Dec. 1009 The personnel of the sea-going fleet.
in figurative context.1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 25 The shop itself..seemed almost to become a snug, sea-going, ship-shape concern, wanting only good sea-room.
b. Capable of being used or suitable for use on a seagoing vessel; carried or conducted by sea.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > on the sea
nautical1552
oversea1552
maritimal1587
maritime1588
nautic1613
seagoing1895
1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 401 The first seagoing chronometer..was made by him.
1911 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. s.v. A seagoing chronometer.
1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods viii. 182 The sea-going trade of the Ægean world.
1962 Listener 29 Mar. 540/1 Land-base missiles and sea-going missiles.
2. Going to the sea, esp. of a fish, catadromous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > going in seaward direction
seawarda1621
seagoing1842
1842 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. x. 4 Several of the different fry of the sea-going fish.
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 16 The sea-going rivers of Germany.
3. Travelling by sea, seafaring.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [adjective] > seafaring
seafaringc1200
sea-trod?1624
navigantc1680
seagoing1855
1855 C. Kingsley Argonauts in Heroes v. 166 Alcinous the rich sea-going king.
1887 B. V. Head Historia Numorum Introd. 37 Subsequently the Greeks..became a sea-going people.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

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