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quayside

/kee-sahyd, key-, kwee-/US // ˈkiˌsaɪd, ˈkeɪ-, ˈkwi- //UK // (ˈkiːˌsaɪd) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
    • : the edge of a quay where it meets the water.

Examples

  • I edged away from him without being observed, and dodged into the fruit bazaar among the quayside streets to right of the bridge.

  • Davies just threw the kedge over, and it just got a grip in time to check our momentum and save our bowsprit from the quayside.

  • Many of the trains were run directly to the quayside; in other cases the soldiers marched through the streets.

  • Every one called him Ogmund Dint, even the boys who played about on the quayside.

  • Crates lined up on the quayside at Jaffa, chap ticking them off in a book, navvies handling them barefoot in soiled dungarees.