seabank

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
    — So strong is the barrier which these sea-borne sands oppose to the river-borne ooze, that as soon as a seabank is built — as the projectors of the Victoria County have built them — across any part of the estuary, the mud caught by it soon 'warps' the space within into firm and rich dry land.
  2. The seashore.

词形变化

seabanks plural

词源

From Middle English see-banke, se-banke, see banke, equivalent to sea + bank.
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