staith
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A shore or a riverbank.
— From staith to staith.
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A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars into vessels.
— The high banks of the rivers of North East England have led to the shipment of coal from staiths by the simple process of shooting it down gravity spouts from bottom-door wagons.
词源
From Old Norse stǫð, from Proto-Germanic *staþwō.
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