spoondrift

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈspuːndɹɪft/    美 /ˈspundɹɪft/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of spindrift. alt-of,alternative,archaic,countable,uncountable

词形变化

spoondrifts plural spoon-drift alternative

词源

Probably a variant of Scots spindrift. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests it is derived from spoon + drift (“mass of matter driven or forced onward together in a body, etc., especially by wind or water”), spoon being a variant of spoom (“to sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted”), but this is doubted by the Scottish National Dictionary: see spindrift.
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