单词 | supermarine |
释义 | supermarineadj. Now rare. That is situated, takes place, or operates above or on the surface of the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective] > above or on sea supermarine1661 supramarine1802 1661 J. Godolphin Συνηγορος Θαλασσιος viii. 96 The property of Shipping called into question by reason of such supermarine accidents. 1793 J. Gordon Terraquea II. 239 The supermarine summits of immense rocks which rise from the bottom of the Mediterranean. 1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) i. 29 Few of them [sc. the Cape Verde islands] seem to have had super-marine eruptions. 1845 W. M. Thackeray Picture Gossip ⁋12 A stout gentleman..who..believed that he could walk upon the water, and set off in the presence of a great concourse of people upon his supermarine journey. 1906 J. A. Fleming Princ. Electr. Wave Telegr. vii. 443 By the end of 1900 the new supermarine wireless telegraphy had taken an unassailable position as an essential aid to navigation. 1922 Glasgow Herald 25 Aug. 8 The Napier supermarine flying boat. 1996 S. V. Tomirdiario in F. H. West Amer. Beginnings i. 68/2 In the Arctic a vast, super-marine landmass composed mostly of ice..did, indeed, vanish simply by melting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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