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单词 waterscape
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waterscapen.2

Brit. /ˈwɔːtəskeɪp/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌskeɪp/, /ˈwɑdərˌskeɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., -scape comb. form.
Etymology: < water n. + -scape comb. form. Compare earlier seascape n.
(A picture of) a view or piece of scenery consisting largely of water. Cf. landscape n. 1a, 2a.
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the world > the earth > water > [noun] > scenery consisting of
waterscape1826
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery > of water
sea-view1790
seascape1806
waterscape1826
riverscape1854
marinescape1928
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > a painting of the sea or water
sea-piece1681
water1706
water piece1761
sea-view1781
seascape1799
marine1817
waterscape1826
riverscape1884
1826 New-Eng. Galaxy 29 Dec. Once I became fairly wearied out in eyeing, day to day, on a water-scape, an angler sit so unmovingly, without a single nibble.
1851 G. Borrow Lavengro II. x. 92 All the land and waterscape painters hate him—but, above all, the race of portrait painters.
1886 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1935) 240 I may be able some day to let you have a better waterscape from the Dargle or somewhere near Dublin.
1908 G. K. Chesterton All Things Considered 31 The landscape (or waterscape) of my own romantic town.
1979 Sci. Amer. Nov. 39/1 Good maps show the virgin waterscape, the snow depth, the detail of the complex arteries that bring the water to San Francisco and to Los Angeles.
2003 A. McCall Smith Portuguese Irregular Verbs (2004) 110 They boarded a vaporetto and were soon heading out across the lagoon, through that waterscape of legend.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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