| 单词 | the speck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Speck c. A small piece, portion, etc., of ground or land. Also the Speck (Australian colloquial), Tasmania. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > small plotlOE plat1435 particlec1460 specka1552 patch1577 pick1585 field plot1659 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small space or extent spana1400 spota1450 specka1552 pocket handkerchief1866 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia > Tasmania Tassie1894 Apple Island1906 Apple Isle1906 the Speck1930 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VII. 27 The hole Foreste of Maxwel except it be a smaul Spek is yn Chestre. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. vii. 158 My negroes having made a temporary kind of bridge, to step from the yawl upon a small speck of dry ground. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini i. x. 43 Yield them up that dot, that speck of land. 1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 11 June 21 N.S.W., V., Q., S.A., W.A. and the Speck. 1949 Geogr. Mag. Feb. 373 Tassie and The Speck, meaning Tasmania. 1963 Times 12 Mar. (Austral. Suppl.) p. v/4 Tasmania—affectionately known as ‘the speck’. < as lemmas |
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