| 单词 | calling of the sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmascalling of the sea c. English regional (Cornwall). A resonant murmuring sound made by the sea and heard inland; this as a phenomenon. Chiefly in calling of the sea. Now rare. ΚΠ 1843 R. Edmonds in 11th Ann. Rep. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Soc. 47 In Mount's Bay..there is often heard inland at a distance from the shore, a peculiar hollow murmuring sound, locally termed ‘the calling of the sea’. 1843 R. Edmonds in 11th Ann. Rep. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Soc. 48 This sound must not be confounded with that arising from a ‘ground sea’,..for this latter noise propagates itself in every direction, and chiefly in that of the wind, whereas the ‘calling’ is heard only from one direction, and usually contrary to the wind. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 49 There came so loud a calling of the sea, That all the houses in the haven rang. 1906 P. Penn Cornish Notes & Queries viii. 243 ‘Non Constat’ asks for an explanation of the atmospherical phenomenon known locally as ‘The calling of the sea’. 1980 D. Macrae tr. F. Morvan Legends of Sea 21 In some parts of England, if a sort of moaning is heard along the coast, the local people call it the calling of the sea. < as lemmas |
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