| 单词 | periodical stream |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperiodical stream periodical stream n. a stream that flows and dries up in successive periods. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > intermittent winterbourneeOE sitchOE sikec1330 eylebournc1480 vipseys1610 periodical stream1804 spruit1832 regime1837 wadi1839 skerth1851 khor1884 oued1920 chaung1945 jube1948 1804 J. Barrow Acc. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–98 II. ii. 42 Both these periodical streams are unsafe in the winter season. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xi. 237 We encamped on..a periodical stream, in the gravelly bed of which fine spring-water could be obtained by digging. 1910 Geogr. Jrnl. 35 497 The settlement..is situated in a slight depression..on the banks of the periodical stream, the Hom, a tributary of the Orange river. 1999 S. E. Nicolson in W. M. Adams et al. Physical Geogr. Afr. 70 A periodical stream running through a vast plain of rushy grasses, swamps, springs, and periodical rivers. < as lemmas |
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