单词 | shingle slide |
释义 | > as lemmasshingle slide shingle slide n. New Zealand (see quot. 1944). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus shot-heuch1574 slide1664 scree1813 shot-brae1822 earthslide1829 talus1830 slip1838 rockslide1845 earthslip1859 landslip1872 spout1883 shingle-slip1900 slump1905 stone stripe1934 shingle slide1944 1944 Mod. Junior Dict. (Whitcombe & Tombs) (ed. 7) 365 Shingle-slide or -slip,..a term used in New Zealand for (steep) mountain-sides covered with loose, sliding stones, in England called ‘screes’. 1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 32 With the baring of the ground between the tussocks, sheet and wind erosion have taken place and there has been a speeding up of the creep of the mantle of rock waste, resulting in the formation of new shingle slides and an increase in area of old ones. < as lemmas |
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