|
lake 音标拼音: [l'ek] n. 湖,池,色淀
vt.
vi. (使)血球溶解 湖,池,色淀(使)血球溶解 lake n 1: a body of ( usually fresh) water surrounded by land 2: a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal 3: any of numerous bright translucent organic pigmentsLake \ Lake\ ( l[= a] k), n. [ F. laque, fr. Per. See { Lac}.] A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
Lake \ Lake\, n. [ Cf. G. laken.] A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Lake \ Lake\ ( l[= a] k), v. i. [ AS. l[= a] can, l[ ae] can, to spring, jump, l[= a] c play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. [ root] 120. Cf. { Knowledge}.] To play; to sport. [ Prov. Eng.] [ 1913 Webster]
Lake \ Lake\, n. [ AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[" o] gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la` kkos pond, tank. Cf. { Loch}, { Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth' s surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. [ 1913 Webster] { Lake dwellers} ( Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. { Lake dwellings} ( Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also { lacustrine dwellings}. See { Crannog}. { Lake fly} ( Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus { Chironomus}. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in lakes. { Lake herring} ( Zool.), the cisco ({ Coregonus Artedii}). { Lake poets}, { Lake school}, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also { lakers} and { lakists}. { Lake sturgeon} ( Zool.), a sturgeon ({ Acipenser rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food. { Lake trout} ( Zool.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. { Salmo fario}; in the United States, esp. { Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({ Salvelinus fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See { Namaycush}. { Lake whitefish}. ( Zool.) See { Whitefish}. { Lake whiting} ( Zool.), an American whitefish ({ Coregonus Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish. [ 1913 Webster] |
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相关资料:
|