| 单词 | water-laid |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-laid water-laid adj. (a) Rope-making = cable-laid adj. at cable n. Compounds 2 (now rare); (b) Geology deposited by or in water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > deposited by water water-laid1795 water-lain1883 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > types of twine1513 twice-laid1592 basten1677 cable-laid1723 hawser-laid1769 water-laid1795 registered1800 shroud-laid1800 whale-laid1812 strap-laid1839 four-strand1867 locked-coil1885 trifilar1903 1795 Repertory Arts & Manuf. 2 176 Every part of the manufacturing of cordage and ropes in general may be executed in the manner hitherto practised, except this of twisting the yarns into the first strands, whether for the purpose of making what are commonly called water-laid ropes, or shroud-laid ropes. 1832 Zool. Jrnl. 5 346 The Carinæ are nodulous, or twisted like the strands of a rope; the twists of the upper carina are in the direction of a water-laid, or right-handed rope. 1888 E. Clodd Story of Creation iv. 29 The study of the erupted, fire-fused, and water-laid rocks. 1903 Rudder 14 41/1 In these days of steel hawsers and towing machines, water-laid rope is going out of fashion. 1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) xiii. 99 The fact that all our Pterosaurs are from water-laid deposits leads one to speculate whether the picture is unbalanced in that more terrestrial forms have not been preserved. 1995 New Scientist 24 June 33/1 Louis Leakey was snared at the now infamous Calico site in California, a hillside of water-laid boulders and chert blocks. < as lemmas |
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