| 单词 | the granite capital |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe granite capital a. Simple attributive or quasi-adj. Consisting of or made of granite. the granite capital, the granite city, Aberdeen. the granite State, New Hampshire, U.S. ΚΠ a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 124 Granite Pillars. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. x. 142 A pile of granite fragments. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 283 Granite mountains are known at a distance by their rounded tops. 1842 J. F. Cooper Jack o' Lantern I. iv. 112 I come from New Hampshire, or what we call the Granite state. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (1863) 307 Aberdeen, the granite capital of the far north. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Sept. 6/1 A well-known surgeon..in the granite city. 1898 Daily News 10 May 8/2 A..thoroughfare..paved with granite setts. < as lemmas |
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