单词 | tripoline |
释义 | tripolineadj.n. 1. Of or pertaining to tripoli or rotten stone. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [adjective] > relating to tripoli tripoline1760 1760 E. M. da Costa in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 193 The layers of fossil wood in this mountain, having been saturated with the Tripoline particles,..thereby composed a stone. 2. (With capital initial.) Of or pertaining to Tripoli, now the capital of Libya. Also as n., a native or inhabitant of Tripoli. Cf. Tripolitan adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in North Africa > present Tripolitan1783 tripoline1819 Tunisine1843 Cairene1851 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Libya > [noun] > part of Tripolitan1783 tripoline1819 Tripolitanian1942 1819 A. Salamé Narr. Exped. Algiers 6 We found she was a Tripoline polacca, (I am sorry that she was not an Algerine). 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 256/1 The Tripoline cruisers seldom allowed a ship at sea to escape them if they thought they could make a prize of her with impunity. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 256/1 In 1832, Yussuf, the last basha of the Caramanli family,..having lost the affection of the Tripolines, after a reign of forty years,..was obliged to abdicate. 1909 G. W. Furlong Gateway to Sahara i. 8 ‘Tripolitans’ signifies the people of the territory, ‘Tripoline’ a dweller in the town of Tripoli. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.n.1760 |
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