| 单词 | sandbar |
| 释义 | > as lemmassandbar sandbar n. a bank of sand formed at the mouth of a river or harbour by the action of the water; also, a sandbank in the course of a river or close to a beach. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > sandbank > [noun] sand-ridgec1000 hurst1398 shelp1430 sand1495 ayre1539 bar1587 knock1587 sandbank1589 middle ground1653 middle1702 overslaugh1755 sandbar1767 sea-bank1828 tow-head1829 wharf1867 whale1905 horse1926 1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 55 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) Towards the opposite shore there is a sand-bar. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia ii. 9 The Missisipi, below the mouth of the Missouri, is always muddy, and abounding with sand bars, which frequently change their places. 1796 A. Ellicott Jrnl. (1803) 14 The fog was so thick that we could neither discover sand-bars nor logs. 1807 P. Gass Jrnls. 77 A great many sand-bars [in the Missouri River]. 1829 S. Cummings Western Pilot 7 There are..a great number of tow-heads and sand-bars. 1858 T. G. Vielé Following Drum 76 The ship..went to pieces on a sand-bar. 1897 Outing 30 50/2 This one sheet of water formed a small harbor to the lee of a sand-bar. 1935 M. M. Atwater Crime in Corn-weather i. 2 The little river—at this season no more than a network of shallow runnels between thirsty sand bars. 1968 W. Warwick Surfriding in N.Z. 10/3 At a beach break..the takeoff area is always changing due to drifting sand-bars. < as lemmas |
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