| 单词 | seatang |
| 释义 | > as lemmassea-tang sea-tang n. sea-tang A collective term for large coarse seaweeds, esp. species of Fucus; tangle, sea-wrack; also called sea-tang. yellow tang n. F. nodosus.black, prickly tang: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > seaweed > [noun] > fucus seaweeds > tangle hangera1483 tanglec1540 tang1547 sea-ragged-staff1633 tangle-wrack1721 sea-cabbage1764 prickly tang1795 yellow tang1809 tangle-weed1825 fucoid1848 saw-wrack1868 tangle-work1890 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Dylysc, Tang. 1655 Bp. J. Richardson Observ. Old Test. 11 The likeliest reason is from the Hebrew appellation, calling it the sea of weeds, or sedge, mare algosum, of flag, or rush, or tange. a1733 Shetland Acts 33 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1891–2 (1892) 26 201 That none take bait nor cast tang in another man's ebb. 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 169 Lying under the stones among the tang on the rocky coasts of Anglesea. 1796 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVII. 233* The sea-oak (Fucus vesiculosus, Lin.), which we denominate black tang. 1809 A. Edmondston View Zetland Islands II. viii. 6 Before 1808, the yellow tang and the black tang were the only species used in the manufacture of kelp. 1810 Edinb. Rev. 17 146 The prickly tang..often grows intermixed with the bladder-wrack. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xxxiv Wet-footed and happy, dragging a yard or so of sea-tang behind her. < as lemmas |
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