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longshore

/lawng-shawr, -shohr, long-/US // ˈlɔŋˌʃɔr, -ˌʃoʊr, ˈlɒŋ- //UK // (ˈlɒŋˌʃɔː) //

长岸,长沙,长滩,长江流域

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.

Examples

  • Norfolk is just endurable in October, when game and 'longshore herrings are in.

  • But while he sneaked in the purlieus of the city several of his 'longshore friends passed him without a second look.

  • We didn't kill at all: he was one of those 'longshore dog-foxes,' and got away home on the cliff.

  • Surely this trumpery Scotchman in Jews' finery is no gentleman, nor the longshore lout he has got with him.

  • On the wharf was a big automobile, surrounded by a gaping crowd of small boys and 'longshore loafers.