| 单词 | sand boil |
| 释义 | > as lemmassand boil sand boil n. U.S. an eruption of water through the surface of the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] > other types acidulae1670 redwater1712 blow-well1799 sand boil1937 1937 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 2 Feb. 1/8 Dread ‘sand boils’ bursting up in the heart of..Cairo [Illinois] forewarned of deeply undermined barriers guarding the..city today... The eruptions sprang from the terrific pressure of the flooded Ohio River waters slowly eating their way beneath the..levels. 1939 W. Faulkner Wild Palms 24 Even those who..had probably never before seen more water than a horse pond..could (and did) talk glibly of sandboils. 1954 Encounter Oct. 9/1 The owners of the..plantations along the Big River confederated..to hold the sandboils and the cracks. 1976 C. S. Brown Gloss. Faulkner's South 167 A sandboil must be neutralized promptly. This is done by building a wall of sandbags around it so that a column of water will be built up above it to equalize the pressure. < as lemmas |
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