| 单词 | mud rush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmud rush mud rush n. = mudslide n.; also figurative. ΚΠ 1903 Science 17 698 The ‘mud-rushes’ [sc. in diamond mines] are the most serious liability. 2001 H. Wagner in P. Särkkä & P. Eloranta Rock Mechanics p. xxvii/1 In the mud rush which was initiated by the pillar failure one miner was trapped in a refuge chamber. mud rush mud rush n. (a) a rush, Juncus gerardii, that grows in salt marshes in north temperate regions; also called saltmarsh rush; (b) any of several clubrushes belonging or formerly belonging to the genus Scirpus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges starc1300 carexa1398 float-grassc1440 red sedge1480 sag1531 pry grassa1600 flea-grass1670 star-grass1782 sedge1785 sea sedge1796 sharp-pry-grass1803 blue star grass1807 whip-grass1814 flea-sedge1816 saw-grass1822 mud rush1824 tight-locka1825 nut grass1830 razor grass1834 twig-rush1836 nut rush1843 sand grass1856 mud sedge1859 niggerhead1859 nutsedge1861 pingao1867 sword-rush1875 tupak-grass1884 tussock-sedge1884 sennegrass1897 nigger's-head1921 1824 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora II. 166 J[uncus] cœnosus. Mud Rush. 1855 W. J. Hooker & G. A. W. Arnott Brit. Flora (ed. 7) 493 Isolepis R. Brown. Isolepis. Mud-rush. 1880 T. R. A. Briggs Flora of Plymouth 341 J[uncus] Gerardi, Lois. Mud Rush. Native; in marshes and damp spots about salt water inlets and tidal rivers. Very common. 1899 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 318 The work was done by mud-rushes transporting upwards miscellaneous subterranean débris. 1961 R. W. Butcher New Illustr. Brit. Flora II. 789 Scirpus (Schœnoplectus) triquetrus... The Triangular-stemmed Mud-rush is a stout, glabrous, perennial. 1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation iv. 96 The lower Festucetum often contains abundant Armeria, and at higher levels Fiorin (Agrostis stolonifera), Mud rush (Juncus gerardi), Buck's-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) are common. < as lemmas |
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