Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands
(ˈɡʊdwɪn)Good′win Sands′
(ˈgʊd wɪn)n.
| 单词 | goodwin sands |
| 释义 | Goodwin SandsGoodwin Sands(ˈɡʊdwɪn)Good′win Sands′(ˈgʊd wɪn)n. Goodwin SandsGoodwin Sands,stretch of shoals and sandbars, c.10 mi (20 km) long, lying off the east coast of Kent, SE England. It forms a breakwater E of The Downs, a roadstead. Shipwrecks were formerly frequent on the Sands. The shifting sands do not allow the construction of lighthouses, but there are several lightships and numerous buoys. Traditionally, the Sands were once a fertile isle called Lomea, the property of Godwin, earl of Wessex; Lomea was submerged by a great storm in the late 11th cent. |
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