Levant

[lɪ'vænt]

解释:

(noun.) the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.

(noun.) a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding.

(verb.) run off without paying a debt.

哈迪编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

(n.) The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

(n.) A levanter (the wind so called).

(a.) Eastern.

(v. i.) To run away from one's debts; to decamp.

整理:泰丝

同义词及近义词：

n. The East, Eastern coasts of the Mediterranean.

整理:莱克格斯

解释:

n. the point where the sun rises: the East: the coasts of the Mediterranean east of Italy.—adj. Lev′ant or Lē′vant eastern.—n. Levant′er a strong easterly wind in the Levant.—adj. Levant′ine belonging to the Levant.

v.i. to decamp.—n. Levant′er one who runs away dishonourably who dodges paying his bets &c.

编辑:娜塔莎