| 单词 | adriatic | 
| 释义 | Adriaticadj.n. A. adj.  1.   Adriatic Sea  n. 		(in early use also †Sea Adriatic)	 (the name of) the sea between the Italian peninsula and the Balkans. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > 			[noun]		 > of northern hemisphere Adriatic Sea?a1475 North Seas1548 Adriatic1603 Propontic1603 ?a1475						 (?a1425)						    tr.  R. Higden Polychron. 		(Harl. 2261)	 		(1865)	 I. 255 (MED)  				There be ij Germanyes; the superior whiche extendethe vn to Alpes to the bosom of..the see Adriatike [L. Adriaticum]. And the inferior Germany, towarde the weste, is abowte the floode callede Renus, whiche is callede communely Almayne. 1538    T. Elyot Dict.  				Curcura, an ilande in the see Adriatike. 1549    W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 85v  				Landyng in those marishes of the Adriatike sea. 1610    J. Healey tr.  J. L. Vives in  tr.  St. Augustine Citie of God  viii. ii. 299  				Magna Grecia..confronteth the Hadriatique sea. 1635    N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated  ii. vi. 87  				The Adriatic Sea in the inmost creeke neere Venice swels neere foure foote in hight. 1750    W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria 		(1752)	 8  				In the bottom of the Adriatick Sea there were a quantity of small marshy isles, separated only by narrow canals. 1820    C. Kelly Hist. Fr. Revol. I. xiii. 614  				The treaty of Vienna has given to France a great extent of territory on the Adriatic sea. 1968    Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 1101/1  				Friuli, the region between the Alps and the head of the Adriatic sea. 2000    C. D. Whiteman Mountain Meteorol. x. 151  				A cold downslope wind is called a bora, after a wind that brings very cold air to the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea in Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia.  2.  Of or relating to this sea or the lands surrounding it. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > 			[adjective]		 > of northern hemisphere Adriatical1549 Adrian1575 Adriatic1632 spouseless1818 Arctalian1885 1632    W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav.  i. 22  				The breadth of Italy at the route and beginning thereof,..from the Adriaticke coast, to the riviera di Genoa. 1711    J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LII  				Small Gibraltar Ruggle..are also found on the Adriatick and French Mediterranean Shores. 1796    Monthly Mag. 2 615  				Him would the storm-vext Adriatic surge,..The wreck of shattering worlds, Unfearing smite. 1883    G. L. Faber Fisheries of Adriatic 141  				The most valued of the Adriatic fishes. 1898    Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 732  				The Adriatic or Dinaric race. 1933    R. S. Conway  et al.  Prae-Italic Dial. Italy II. iv. 213  				This Picene culture extends along the Adriatic coast southwards from Rimini at least as far as the river Sangro. 1942    O. D. von Engeln Geomorphol. xxii. 572  				The type doline has the form of a funnel top and occurs in the Adriatic karst. 2003    Mojo May 108/5  				From the Adriatic seaport of Ancona, Yuppie Flu's arch-pop drama is a fine advert for an under-promoted Italian rock scene.  B. n.   With the: the Adriatic Sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > 			[noun]		 > of northern hemisphere Adriatic Sea?a1475 North Seas1548 Adriatic1603 Propontic1603 1603    R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 73  				King Richard..was in the Adriatique driuen to land vpon the coast of Histria. a1684    J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 		(1955)	 II. 446  				A prospect down the Adriatic as far as Istria & the Dalmatian side. 1705    J. Addison Remarks Italy 56  				Passes that lead to the City from the Adriatic. 1774    O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. xv. 232  				The Republic of Venice claim's the Adriatic. 1830    C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 85  				Donati explored the bed of the Adriatic. 1883    F. M. Peard Contradictions I. 1  				Behind them..lay the tossing and flying waves of the Adriatic. 1917    Times 19 May 6/4  				Light cruisers..raided the Allied drifter line on the Adriatic and succeeded in sinking 14 British drifters. 1990    G. Will Suddenly  i. xv. 45  				Germany could extend from the Baltic almost to the Adriatic. 2008    Atlantic Monthly Jan. 141/1  				Near the delta where the Po meets the Adriatic. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  | 
	
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