staithe

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /steɪθ/|/steɪð/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A riverbank UK,obsolete
  2. A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage. UK,archaic,dialectal
    — Trevithick's first use of steam traction on rail took place at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, on a tramroad 9¾ miles long between the Penydarren ironworks of Samuel Homfray, and the staithes at Abercynon, where the worked iron was loaded into barges on the Glamorganshire Canal.
  3. An installation built at the railside or nearby for the storage of coal unloaded from wagons. UK

词形变化

staithes plural stathe alternative staith alternative

词汇关系

近义词
wharf

词源

From Old English stæþ and/or Old Norse stöð (“harbor”).
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