| 单词 | silent highway |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilent highway silent highway n. now chiefly historical a navigable river or canal.Esp. used of the River Thames. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > [noun] > river floodc825 streamc875 eaeOE water streamOE flumec1175 fleamc1300 riverc1300 currentc1380 reea1500 ford1563 fluent1598 draught1601 nymph1605 amnic1623 flux1637 nullah1656 R1692 currency1758 silent highway1841 the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway waterwaya1387 fosse1601 riverway1701 navigation1720 navigation branch1778 silent highway1841 igarape1853 seaway1921 cruiseway1967 1841 ‘F. Summerly’ Hand-bk. Hampton Court 7 The right royal road to Hampton Court is by the ‘silent highway’ of the Thames. 1875 Birmingham Daily Mail 5 Mar. 2/5 I speculate on the incalculable good that a ‘Home’ would do in rescuing girl-babies of the silent highway from the unwomanly scenes of their wasted young lives. 1935 Times 28 Feb. 14/2 This Cinderella of the bridges that span London's silent highway. 2018 @SirWilliamD 5 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 31 July 2019) Boatman with his dog on the Grand Union Canal, one of London's silent highways. < as lemmas |
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