单词 | thalassography |
释义 | thalassography in British English (ˌθæləˈsɒɡrəfɪ) noun the study of the sea; oceanography thalassography in American English (ˌθæləˈsɑɡrəfi) noun oceanography, esp. that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs Derived forms thalassographer noun thalassographic (θəˌlæsəˈɡræfɪk) thalassographical adjective Word origin [1885–90; thalasso- + -graphy]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, foregut, retread, twofer, zoom-graphy is a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing,recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process. Otherwords that use the affix -graphy include: biography, choreography, geography, orthography, photography |
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