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单词 wide-watered
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wide-wateredadj.

Brit. /ˌwʌɪdˈwɔːtəd/, U.S. /ˌwaɪdˈwɔdərd/, /ˌwaɪdˈwɑdərd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wide adj., water n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < wide adj. + water n. + -ed suffix2.
Chiefly poetic or literary.
Having a wide expanse of water; watered over a wide extent; bordered or crossed by wide waters.
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the world > the earth > water > body of water > [adjective] > having wide expanse of water
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1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 40 I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, Over som wide-water'd shoar.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 761 Amidst the Plain of some wide-water'd Fen.
1749 G. West tr. Pindar Odes Pythian i. 92 On fair Himera's wide-water'd shores, Thy sons, Dinomenes, my lyre demand.
1849 E. Fitzgerald Let. 4 Nov. (1980) I. 652 The wide-watered and wooded valley below.
1866 J. F. W. Herschel tr. Homer Iliad v. 103 Tracing his high descent from the God of the river Alphæus, In the wide-watered realms of the Pylian land.
1904 E. Rickert Reaper ix. 100 Low-lying, wide-watered Balta.
2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 Jan. 9 We jump into a small low boat..and roar off to the wide watered streets of the floating market.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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