英语词汇“the delta”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Historical ( The Delta.) The tract of alluvial land enclosed and traversed by the diverging mouths of the Nile; so called from the triangular figure of the tract enclosed between the two main branches and the coastline.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > delta > Nile

The Delta1555

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 250^v The goulfe of Arabie..from whense they determyned to brynge a nauigable trench vnto the ryuer of Nilus, where as is the fyrst Delta.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 67 As in Ægypt Nilus maketh that which they call Delta.

1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 57 I enquired of the Delta, and the Niles seven streames.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 354 The most convenient port of the Delta.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 529 At the head of the Egyptian Delta, where the river Nile divides.

单词	the delta
释义	> as lemmas The Delta a. Historical ( The Delta.) The tract of alluvial land enclosed and traversed by the diverging mouths of the Nile; so called from the triangular figure of the tract enclosed between the two main branches and the coastline. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > delta > Nile The Delta1555 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 250^v The goulfe of Arabie..from whense they determyned to brynge a nauigable trench vnto the ryuer of Nilus, where as is the fyrst Delta. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 67 As in Ægypt Nilus maketh that which they call Delta. 1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 57 I enquired of the Delta, and the Niles seven streames. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 354 The most convenient port of the Delta. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 529 At the head of the Egyptian Delta, where the river Nile divides. extracted from deltan. < as lemmas
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