| 单词 | bank and bank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbank and bank d. Australian and New Zealand. bank and bank: from bank to bank; (of a river) swollen up to the top of the banks, with all the streams joined into one. Cf. banker n.3 4 Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > full to the brink bankfullc1600 bank-high1675 bank and bank1855 1855 Argus (Melbourne) 1 June 5/5 The width of the river varies throughout from 200 to 500 feet, and at its confluence with the Murray measures nearly 300 feet, ‘bank and bank’. 1863 S. Butler First Year Canterbury Settl. vi. 79 Half a dozen times in a year, the river is what is called bank and bank, that is to say, one mass of water from one side to the other. 1872 Sydney Morning Herald 15 Oct. 5/3 It rained in torrents for hours, and this morning, the river and Vale Creek were bank and bank. 1902 J. B. Stephens Poet. Wks. 199 His heart a moment sank To see the river nearly ‘bank and bank’. 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 9 Sept. 15/7 Bank and bank. A river runs b. and b. when all the streams join into one; i.e., when in high flood. < as lemmas |
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