| 单词 | to flow south, tide and half tide |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flow south, tide and half tide 10. Of the sea, a tidal river, etc.: To rise and advance; frequent in phrase to ebb and flow: see ebb v. 1. to flow south, tide and half tide (see quots. 1627, 1721-1800). Cf. flood n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > flow in fulleOE flowc1050 make1840 to make up1898 c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 327 Seo sæ symle feower prican oððe fif lator flowð. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 177 Eft son þe se flouweð. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 397 Bi þat þe flod to her fete floȝed & waxed. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 196 Watir..Now ebbithe, flowithe. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 441 Thys yere the Thamys did flowe three times in one daye. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iv. 182 The waters..were flowed eighteene cubites above their woonted compasse. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 17 It flowes, quarter floud. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. x. 48 It flowes Tide and halfe Tide, that is, it will be halfe flood by the shore, before it begin to flow in the channell. 1691 J. Swift Ode to Athenian Society i, in Suppl. Fifth Vol. Athenian Gaz. 2 When the Deluge first began to fall, That mighty Ebb never to Flow again. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. It Flows South [Sea Phrase] it is high Water when the Sun is at that Point at new or full Moon. 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 34 Before the Tide had flown or risen so high. 1816 Ld. Byron Prisoner of Chillon vi The massy waters ebb and flow. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 304 In the Thames..the tide requires about five hours to flow up. 1884 D. Pae Eustace 7 The tide was flowing. < as lemmas |
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