单词 | under the line |
释义 | > as lemmasunder the line b. With the: the equinoctial line; the equator. under the line: at the equator. (Sometimes written with a capital.) ΘΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > latitude > equator burning line1484 burnt line1555 equinox1579 equinoctial1584 line1588 equatora1613 the girdle of the world1626 palaeoequator1960 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 392 (margin) The straight of Malaca is vnder the line. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iii. 5/2 The shippes are at the least two monthes before they can passe the line. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 1 Sebastian Cabot..sayled to about forty degrees South~ward of the lyne. 1676 J. Glanvill Ess. iii. 27 Some of the Indians that live near the heats of the Line. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 62 Where spices smoke beneath the burning Line. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 5 The naked Negro, panting at the line. 1814 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XII. 92 To prohibit all trade in slaves north of the Line. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 33 In a darker isle beyond the line. < as lemmas |
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