| 单词 | steamboating |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsteamboating ˈsteamboating n. (a) travelling by steamboat; the business of working on or operating a steamboat; (b) figurative see quots. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by steamer steamboating1826 steaming1836 steamering1895 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or lack of thoroughness or exactness > action of slubbering1582 slobbering1649 scambling1659 skirting1687 steamboating1826 scamping1862 slur1882 society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > other processes headbanding1707 lacing1818 steamboating1826 casework1835 stringing1914 tipping1931 backing- the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > careless cursoriness1727 slur1882 steamboating1891 1826 T. R. Malthus Diary 7 July (1966) 263 Dr Brown said that the introduction of Steam boating had quite altered the habits of the people of Glasgow. 1828 Mrs. B. Hall Let. 7 June in Aristocratic Journey (1931) xxii. 288 Two nights more and we shall have done with it and have no more steamboating in this country. 1834 Countess Granville Let. 9 Sept. (1894) II. 162 Having enjoyed our steamboating on the Rhone so much. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin lxv. 601 That rattling, noisy steam-boating up the Rhine. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Steamboating (Bookbinding), cutting simultaneously a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, that is, are out of boards. 1883 Athenæum 2 June 694/3 They treat of a time when steamboating was a great industry [on the Mississippi]. 1891 Cent. Dict. Steamboating 2. Undue hurrying and slighting of work. (Colloq.) < as lemmas |
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