| 单词 | water treader |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater treader water treader n. †(a) poetic a ship (obsolete); (b) a person who treads water (see tread v. 7). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] shipc725 beamOE boardOE bargea1300 steera1300 vessela1300 treea1382 loomc1400 man1473 ark1477 bottom1490 keela1547 riverboat1565 craft1578 pine1592 class1596 flood-bickerer1599 pitchboard1599 stern-bearer1599 wooden horse1599 wooden isle1603 water treader?1615 water house1616 watercraft1618 machine1637 prore1642 lightman1666 embarkation1690 bark1756 prowa1771 Mudian1813 bastiment1823 hooker1823 nymph1876 M.F.V.1948 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific > swimmer of specific stroke water treader1855 breaststroker1870 trudgen swimmer1893 trudger1902 crawler1912 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiv. 477 When the water-treader [Gk. ποντοπόρος νηῦς], farre away Had left the Land. 1855 Gentleman's Mag. June 582 Mr. Buckingham, the once renowned boy water-treader of Flushing. 1906 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 6 Nov. 5/4 An expert water treader can keep his head out of water while using his right arm to grasp a line. 2010 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Jan. f1 The same cushions dot the edges of the two pools, inviting conversations between the margarita sippers and the water treaders. < as lemmas |
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