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
- : 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.
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