groyne

[ɡrɔɪn]
  • n. 防波堤
  • vt. 筑造防波堤
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groyne 丁坝(防止海浪侵蚀海滩岩石的矮墙)

来自废词groin, 猪鼻子,因形似拱起的猪鼻子而得名。来自grunt, 咕哝,拟声词。

groyne (n.)
"strong, low sea wall," 1580s, perhaps from obsolete groin "pig's snout" (c. 1300; the wall so called because it was thought to look like one), from Old French groin "muzzle, snout; promontory, jutting part," from Latin grunnire "to grunt" (compare English colloquial grunter "a pig").