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单词 water-bow
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water-bown.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtəbəʊ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌboʊ/, /ˈwɑdərˌboʊ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bow n.1
Etymology: < water n. + bow n.1 With sense 2 compare earlier rainbow n.
rare.
1. Apparently: a device for shooting water, intended for use in firefighting. Cf. water cannon n. at water n. Compounds 7. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > guns discharging water
water-bow1632
water cannon1891
water pistol1897
1632 T. Grent Brit. Patent 59 (1857) 1 A water bowe, being a manuall instrument made very serviceable for divers vses, especially for the more speedie preservacion of houses vpon the land and shipps vppon the sea from suddaine fire.
2. poetic.
a. A rainbow.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > chromatism > [noun] > rainbow
rainbowc1384
iris1490
water-bow1827
1827 G. Darley Sylvia 16 With their varied colours blending Hues to shame the water-bow.
1948 E. Warner New Song in Strange Land iv. 62 Then a ‘water-bow’ arches across the sky.
b. An arc formed by a jet or stream of water. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > water > fountain > [noun] > jet or spout
waterspout1607
jettoa1660
girandolac1660
jet d'eau1669
gerbe1699
jetteau1710
grille1712
spirt1716
water jet1727
spurt1775
girandole1813
spring1818
water-bow1855
sea-spout1867
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > like an arch or bow > thing of the form of an arch or bow
yokec1155
archa1592
arc1642
instep1681
water-bow1855
outspan1887
1855 R. Browning Cleon 252 They praise a fountain in my garden here Wherein a Naiad sends the water-bow Thin from her tube.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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