释义 |
Cinque Ports/siŋk ˈpɔ:ts/n. pl. (in the UK) a group of ports (originally five only, Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney, and Hythe, later also Rye and Winchelsea) on the SE coast of England with ancient privileges (英国)五港同盟(中世纪时享有特权的英格兰东南部沿海港口,原指黑斯廷斯、桑威奇、多佛、罗姆尼和海斯,后来增加了拉伊和温奇尔西) [Middle English from Old French cink porz, Latin quinque portus ‘five ports’] |