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firth 音标拼音: [f'ɚθ] n. 峡湾,河口 峡湾,河口 Firth n 1: English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context ( 1890- 1960) [ synonym: { Firth}, { J. R. Firth}, { John Rupert Firth}] 2: a long narrow estuary ( especially in Scotland) Frith \ Frith\ ( fr[ i^] th), n. [ OE. firth, Icel. fj[" o] r[ eth] r; akin to Sw. fj[ aum] rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [ root] 78. See { Ford}, n., and cf. { Firth}, { Fiord}, { Fret} a frith, { Port} a harbor.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. Also called { firth}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [ Eng.] -- Carew. [ 1913 Webster]
Firth \ Firth\ ( f[~ e] rth), n. [ Scot. See { Frith}.] ( Geog.) An arm of the sea; a frith. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " firth": arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary, euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads, roadstead, sound, strait, straits
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