“water、front”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

water-front

释义

ˈwater-front
orig. U.S.
1. Land or buildings abutting on a river, a lake, the sea, etc.; the frontage of a town on the water-side.
1856Emerson Eng. Traits iii. 47 A people so skilful and sufficient in economizing water-front by docks, warehouses, and lighters.1883Harper's Mag. May 813/2 The water⁓front is lined with shipping.1896Howells Impressions & Exp. 256 The ugliness is..that of all city water-fronts.1897Kipling Capt. Cour. x. 230 Boat-builders, and coopers, and all the mixed population of the water-front.
attrib.1918Punch 27 Mar. 206/1 In many a sailors' drinking-place and water-front saloon.
2. ‘A water-heater set in the front of a stove’ (Webster 1911).

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