| 单词 |
bireme |
| 释义 |
▪ I. bireme, a. and n.|ˈbaɪriːm| [ad. L. birēmis, adj. and n., f. bi- two, twice + rēmus oar.] A. adj. Having two banks of oars. B. n. A galley having two banks of oars.
1600Holland Livy vii. vi. 1399 note, The forme of a bireme gally. 1662J. Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1867) 118 Their byremes & tryremes being but pitiful boats. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece iii. xiv (1715) 125 Betwixt an Unireme and Bireme, consisting of a Bank and a Half. 1858Rawlinson Herodotus I. 290 note, Biremes were probably a Phœnician invention. ▪ II. † biˈreme, v. Obs. [ME., f. bi-, be- + remen:—OE. hrémen (in WSax. hríeman, hrýman) to cry out.] trans. To call out at.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Nu shalt [þu]..biremen him mið euel wordes. |

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