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单词 quay
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Definition of quay in English:

quay

noun kiː
  • A stone or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Istanbul, too, there was the problem of privately owned areas that had to be expropriated to make way for the new docks and quays.
    • Originally they were quays with small jetties built out to serve shipping.
    • Native trading schooners lined the quays, and the fragrance of cocoa beans drying in the sun made us remember that Grenada is the ‘Isle of Spice’.
    • Up to c. 1700, Britain's ports had been largely natural coastal or riverside sites, sometimes with quays and wharfs for lading, and beaching vessels at low tide.
    • If he lived by a port, then his duties would require him to deal with the maintenance of ships and quays.
    • The men created a world of their own on the docks, levees, plantation landings, city quays, and steamboat decks of the Mississippi River economy.
    • In 1682, the estates of East Frisia gave Brandenburg-Prussia help by allowing their ships to use her quays in Emden - a large harbour on the North Sea.
    • It is a source of pride to see the Celtic Explorer alongside the quay in her home port of Galway.
    • It is a sailing resort with all the related services such as mooring on floating bridges, catways, quays, fuel, showers, daily weather reports and boat hire.
    • Within an hour, a huge crowd had gathered to watch it enter the new harbour and berth at the quay.
    • London was a port and a sequence of waterfronts, quays, and warehouses developed along the north bank of the Thames.
    • As he examined the excellent facilities and looked out over the rough waters along the quays yesterday, he vowed to remain champion.
    • The stone edge of the quay is still to be seen, and it doesn't take a huge leap of imagination to picture it as it was a century ago.
    • Canary Wharf was its central quay, the bustling, prosperous heart of a colonial trading empire on which the sun never set.
    • He was certainly a member of the merchant gild by 1385, when he was also renting from the gild a room on the common quay.
    • It is also no surprise that Waterford quays became known as the ‘noblest quay in Europe’ at that time.
    • The granary is an old 19th century grainstore, six storeys high, fronting onto the river Suir whose quays were once crowded with sailing ships.
    • There are some high quality office spaces available at present, particularly along the quays and docklands area.
    • By searching ports and quays, diving teams are familiarising themselves with their layout so that in future it will be easier to spot anything out of the ordinary.
    • Harbour facilities, such as timber quays, jetties and revetments were recorded at many of the ports.
    Synonyms
    dock, wharf, pier, harbour, berth, jetty, landing, landing stage, landing place, slipway, marina, waterfront, sea wall, embankment

Derivatives

  • quayage

  • noun ˈkiːɪdʒ
    • They may be viewed as appendages of large ports, geographically detached representatives of the sixth era, that of ‘specialised quayage’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I know that in Liverpool in the late nineteenth century around 0.5 per cent of the entire lineal quayage was unusable because it was covered in rubbish: the lad did not know that.
      • Southgate probably represents an area of riverfront settlement providing quayage for boats without them having to travel further upriver to Fybridge.

Origin

Late Middle English key, from Old French kay, of Celtic origin. The change of spelling in the late 17th century was influenced by the modern French spelling quai.

  • One of those words that seems designed to trip up poor spellers, this word was originally spelt as it is pronounced, key. It comes from Old French kay, of Celtic origin. The change of spelling occurred in the late 17th century, influenced by the modern French spelling quai. Cay or key for a sand bar is the same word.

Rhymes

absentee, açai, addressee, adoptee, agree, allottee, amputee, appellee, appointee, appraisee, après-ski, assignee, asylee, attendee, bailee, bain-marie, Bangui, bargee, bawbee, be, Bea, bee, bootee, bouquet garni, bourgeoisie, Brie, BSc, buckshee, Capri, cc, chimpanzee, cohabitee, conferee, consignee, consultee, Cree, debauchee, decree, dedicatee, Dee, degree, deportee, dernier cri, detainee, devisee, devotee, divorcee, draftee, dree, Dundee, dungaree, eau-de-vie, emcee, employee, endorsee, en famille, ennui, enrollee, escapee, esprit, evacuee, examinee, expellee, fee, fiddle-de-dee, flea, flee, fleur-de-lis, foresee, franchisee, free, fusee (US fuzee), Gardaí, garnishee, gee, ghee, glee, goatee, grandee, Grand Prix, grantee, Guarani, guarantee, he, HMRC, indictee, inductee, internee, interviewee, invitee, jamboree, Jaycee, jeu d'esprit, key, knee, Lea, lee, legatee, Leigh, lessee, Ley, licensee, loanee, lychee, manatee, Manichee, maquis, Marie, marquee, me, Midi, mortgagee, MSc, nominee, obligee, Otomi, parolee, Parsee, parti pris, patentee, Pawnee, payee, pea, pee, permittee, plc, plea, pledgee, pollee, presentee, promisee, ratatouille, referee, refugee, releasee, repartee, retiree, returnee, rupee, scot-free, scree, sea, secondee, see, settee, Shanxi, Shawnee, shchi, she, shea, si, sirree, ski, spree, standee, suttee, tant pis, tea, tee, tee-hee, Tennessee, testee, the, thee, three, thuggee, Tiree, Torquay, trainee, Tralee, transferee, tree, Trincomalee, trustee, tutee, twee, Twi, undersea, vestee, vis-à-vis, wagon-lit, Waikiki, warrantee, we, wee, whee, whoopee, ye, yippee, Zuider Zee
 
 

Definition of quay in US English:

quay

noun
  • A concrete, stone, or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a sailing resort with all the related services such as mooring on floating bridges, catways, quays, fuel, showers, daily weather reports and boat hire.
    • As he examined the excellent facilities and looked out over the rough waters along the quays yesterday, he vowed to remain champion.
    • Up to c. 1700, Britain's ports had been largely natural coastal or riverside sites, sometimes with quays and wharfs for lading, and beaching vessels at low tide.
    • It is a source of pride to see the Celtic Explorer alongside the quay in her home port of Galway.
    • Originally they were quays with small jetties built out to serve shipping.
    • London was a port and a sequence of waterfronts, quays, and warehouses developed along the north bank of the Thames.
    • There are some high quality office spaces available at present, particularly along the quays and docklands area.
    • Within an hour, a huge crowd had gathered to watch it enter the new harbour and berth at the quay.
    • The granary is an old 19th century grainstore, six storeys high, fronting onto the river Suir whose quays were once crowded with sailing ships.
    • In Istanbul, too, there was the problem of privately owned areas that had to be expropriated to make way for the new docks and quays.
    • The men created a world of their own on the docks, levees, plantation landings, city quays, and steamboat decks of the Mississippi River economy.
    • Harbour facilities, such as timber quays, jetties and revetments were recorded at many of the ports.
    • Native trading schooners lined the quays, and the fragrance of cocoa beans drying in the sun made us remember that Grenada is the ‘Isle of Spice’.
    • By searching ports and quays, diving teams are familiarising themselves with their layout so that in future it will be easier to spot anything out of the ordinary.
    • He was certainly a member of the merchant gild by 1385, when he was also renting from the gild a room on the common quay.
    • Canary Wharf was its central quay, the bustling, prosperous heart of a colonial trading empire on which the sun never set.
    • It is also no surprise that Waterford quays became known as the ‘noblest quay in Europe’ at that time.
    • In 1682, the estates of East Frisia gave Brandenburg-Prussia help by allowing their ships to use her quays in Emden - a large harbour on the North Sea.
    • If he lived by a port, then his duties would require him to deal with the maintenance of ships and quays.
    • The stone edge of the quay is still to be seen, and it doesn't take a huge leap of imagination to picture it as it was a century ago.
    Synonyms
    dock, wharf, pier, harbour, berth, jetty, landing, landing stage, landing place, slipway, marina, waterfront, sea wall, embankment

Origin

Late Middle English key, from Old French kay, of Celtic origin. The change of spelling in the late 17th century was influenced by the modern French spelling quai.

 
 
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