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seaport

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Geography
sea·port /ˈsiːpɔːt $ -pɔːrt/ noun [countable]  SGa large town on or near a coast, with a harbour that big ships can use 海港,海港市镇
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seaportA new HK$350m seaport is also planned and there will be a second bridge linking Taipa with the Macao mainland.Steers's dock laid the foundation of Liverpool's prosperity as a seaport.Puerto Catarina served as a seaport for an onyx mine and village called El Marmol 50 miles inland.For centuries a seaport - today the harbour is still a haven for yachtsmen, fishing boats and pleasure cruisers.Coal could only be mined where coal existed; great seaports had to have good natural harbors.They took larger boats, had fewer engineering problems and provided good links to the northern seaports.For the closing of the Southern seaports, ships must be built.Downstream lies Freemantle, the seaport with restored colonial-style Victorian buildings.
sea·port nounChineseSyllable
large a near harbour or on Corpus a town coast, a with


seaport
seaport /ˈsiːpɔːt $ -pɔːrt/ noun [countable]
a large town on or near a coast, with a harbour that big ships can use


sea·portBrE /ˈsiːpɔːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsiːpɔːrt/ 🔊 nouna town with a harbour used by large ships 海港城市the Baltic seaports波罗的海港口城市