| 单词 | wrecking company |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswrecking company wrecking company n. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition > one who demolishes or ruins demolisher1615 dilapidator1812 house wrecker1849 housebreaker1870 wrecking company1940 wrecker1958 1940Wrecking company [see sense 1]. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 3 Apr. 7/1 A wrecking company recently signed a contract to level all 30 of the remaining 11-story buildings. wrecking company C2. attributive, in sense ‘engaged in salvaging wreck or wrecks’, as wrecking company, wrecking crew, wrecking expedition. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [adjective] > relating to salvage > engaged in salvage operations wrecking1851 1851 E. Lucett Rovings in Pacific I. 149 Bound on a wrecking Expedition. 1878 B. Harte Man on Beach 33 A wrecking crew of curlew hastily manned the uprooted tree that tossed wearily beyond the bar. 1891 in Leeds Mercury 19 Sept. 12 Captain Merritt, of the Merritt Wrecking Company. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xiii. 118 Then the buildings grew smaller... The wrecking yards and hot-dog stands, the out-city dance halls. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 32/2 (advt.) Well established wrecking business with living quarters on large lot fronting on Napanee River. < as lemmas |
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