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单词 half-flood
释义 half-flood
The state or time of the flowing tide halfway between low and high water.
c1391,a1490[see half-ebb].1779Mann in Phil. Trans. LXIX. 622 To shut their gates next the sea a little after half flood.1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v. Flood, When the water begins to rise, it is called a young flood, next it is quarter-flood, half-flood, and top of flood, or high water.1895Pall Mall Mag. Mar. 378 The river was at half flood.
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