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单词 ness
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ness


ness

N0066200 (nĕs)n. A cape or headland.
[Middle English ness, from Old English næss; see nas- in Indo-European roots.]

ness

(nɛs) n (Physical Geography) a. archaic a promontory or headlandb. (capital as part of a name): Orford Ness. [Old English næs headland; related to Old Norse nes, Old English nasu nose]

Ness

(nɛs) n (Placename) Loch Ness a lake in NW Scotland, in the Great Glen: said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster. Length: 36 km (22.5 miles). Depth: 229 m (754 ft)

ness

(nɛs)

n. a headland; promontory; cape. [before 900; Middle English -nes(se) (in place names), in part continuing Old English næs, in part < Old Norse nes]

-ness

a suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; obligingness; preparedness. [Middle English, Old English -nes, -nis, c. Old High German -nessi, Gothic -nassus; suffix orig. *-assus; -n- by false division of words with adj. and past participle stems ending in -n-; compare Old English efnes (later efen-nys) evenness]

Ness

(nɛs)
n. Loch, a lake in SW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 mi. (37 km) long.
Thesaurus
Noun1.ness - a strip of land projecting into a body of waterness - a strip of land projecting into a body of watercapedry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"spit, tongue - a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

Ness


ness

a. Archaic a promontory or headland b. (capital as part of a name): Orford Ness

Ness

Loch. a lake in NW Scotland, in the Great Glen: said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster. Length: 36 km (22.5 miles). Depth: 229 m (754 ft.)

Ness

 

(Loch Ness), a lake in northern Great Britain, in Scotland. Loch Ness lies in the Great Glen of Scotland, a glacial tectonic valley; it is approximately 40 km long, with depths to 230 m and an area of 56 sq km. The banks are high and rocky. The lake does not freeze. Its waters flow into Moray Firth of the Atlantic Ocean. Loch Ness is part of the Caledonian Canal. A “Loch Ness monster” is reputed to live in the lake.

NESS


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NESS➣National Environmental Satellite Service
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NESS➣National Emergency Stockpile System (Canada)
NESS➣New England Speed Society (classic car club)
NESS➣Non-Equilibrium Steady State
NESS➣Near Earth Space Surveillance
NESS➣Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems (Lockheed Martin)
NESS➣National Earth Satellite Service
NESS➣New Educator Support System
NESS➣NF 1018 Electronic Submission System (NASA)
NESS➣Nuclear Engine System Simulation
NESS➣Nuclear Explosives Safety Study
NESS➣Network of European Summer Schools
NESS➣Navy Early Supply Support
NESS➣Neuromorphic Engineering Students Society
NESS➣Network Embedded Security System
NESS➣New England Structure Symposium
NESS➣NATO Electronic Warfare Support Measures and Strike System
NESS➣NASA Electronic Submttal System

ness


  • noun

Synonyms for ness

noun a strip of land projecting into a body of water

Synonyms

  • cape

Related Words

  • dry land
  • ground
  • solid ground
  • terra firma
  • earth
  • land
  • spit
  • tongue
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