| 单词 | wet-point |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswet-point wet-point adj. of villages, settlements, etc.: having an available water supply. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] > other types of town or village kirktownlOE church town1548 pilgrimage town1889 wet-point1920 1920 M. Aurousseau in Geogr. Rev. 10 228 We have two special cases of arrangements governed by water supply—the extreme conditions giving rise to what we will term wet point villages and dry point villages. 1969 G. C. Dickinson Maps & Air Photographs xiv. 216 (heading) ‘Wet-point’ sites—i.e. places with an available water supply. < as lemmas |
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