saltchuck

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any body of saltwater, especially the ocean. British-Columbia,Northwestern,US
    — The ultimate consensus was to keep the de-Whited river Green to its Tukwila junction with the Black, the outlet of Lake Washington, then make it Duwamish the rest of the way to the saltchuck.

词形变化

saltchucks plural salt chuck alternative

词源

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon saltchuck (“the sea”, literally “saltwater”), from salt (“salt”) (from English salt) + chuck (“water”) from Nootka č̕aʔak (“water”).
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