单词 | by sea |
释义 | > as lemmasby sea 12. by sea. extracted from sean.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adverb] by seac1275 by the seac1275 on the sea1832 sublittorally1902 mid-coast1976 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 744 Heo forð fusden. toward sele Brutun þer he bi sæ wonede. 1836 Longfellow (title) The Castle by the Sea.] b. By way of the sea, on or over the sea (as a mode of transit or conveyance). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [phrase] by waterOE by sea1487 by (be) seaboard1535 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 615 Send the kyng by se Till balmeburch in his awne cuntre. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 437 Few fled with him and gat away be see. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 7 One of my Companions being going by Sea to London. 1891 Ld. Hobhouse in Law Times Rep. 65 562/2 From the Melbourne factory they carried butterine by sea to Sydney. c. In the region of the sea, at sea. (See also sense 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adverb] > at sea at seaa1400 outc1450 afloat?1473 at the seas1585 by sea1625 offshore1745 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 183 We see the great Effects of Battailes by Sea. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 342 I had been very unfortunate by Sea. < as lemmas |
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