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单词 water bank
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water bankn.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌbaŋk/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌbæŋk/, /ˈwɑdər ˌbæŋk/
Forms: see water n. and bank n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bank n.1
Etymology: < water n. + bank n.1 Compare Old Icelandic vatnsbakki shore of a water or a lake.
A river bank or sea shore. Also figurative. Now somewhat rare.
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvii. 39 Thei biheelden sum hauene hauynge a water banke [L. litus], into which thei thouȝten..for to caste the schipp.
a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 3473 He no sank Til he com to þe water bank.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 137 Than were they ware of the harte that lay on a grete watir banke, and a brachette bytyng on his throte.
1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede U ijv Swearyng..is very cosyn and nere to synne, and it is no good trustyng to this daungerous waterbanke.
a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 76 Wtheris..war cruellie slaine wpoun the watter bankis.
1642 Certaine Observ. Two Great Offices Eng. 11 No man may erect a Fishing, or build a Mill, unlesse the water-banks on either side be within his own Fee.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Sinus The running or hollowness of Water-banks.
1778 Morning Chron. 30 Oct. 4/3 A gold medal..for his farm of 50l. a year, being in neat and exact order as to fences, water courses, water-banks [etc.]
1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1099/2 Ripicolus, living by the shore or water-banks.
1912 Boys' Life Feb. 6/1 A little grey-mouse.., his nose sniffling delicately, moved slowly along the water bank.
1980 Stud. Romanticism 19 411 Turner..depicts a city of busy galleys, of maritime bustle along the water banks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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