lee

noun · adjectiveA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

lees

1.
(nautical) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
2.
(nautical) The side of the ship away from the wind.
3.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
4.
Calm, peace.
5.
(obsolete, uncountable)Lees; dregs.
6.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete form of li (“traditional Chinese unit of distance”).

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)(nautical, geology) Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
lee side, lee shore, lee helm

Từ liên quan

Trái nghĩa

stoss(geology) stoss(nautical) weather, windwardweather windward

Cùng gốc / liên quan

leeboardleewardsaleelee clothlee-holeeward leewayMerry Leesunder the leeon one's lee-lane probably etymologically unrelated

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (shelter, protection), from *hlaiw (whence also), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare Lee lee, lä, læ, le, hlé, lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare clyd, Latin calēre (to warm up), šiltas, Sanskrit शरद् (autumn)).