skerry

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈskɛɹi/    美 /ˈskɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
    — The Seal (phoca vitulina, Lin. Syft.) which is here generally known by the name of selchy, is very common on most of our low shores, but particularly on those of the small holms and remote skerries, where it is frequently seen reposing and basking in the sun [...].

词形变化

skerries plural

词源

From dialectal Scots (Shetlandic and Orcadian) skerry, from Old Norse sker (whence Danish skær and Norwegian Bokmål skjær). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
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