| 单词 | pocket beach |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspocket beach pocket beach n. Physical Geography a small narrow beach between two headlands or in a similar sheltered position. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > beach or foreshore > spec shingle1513 hard1728 shell beach1835 private beach1859 storm-beach1882 pocket beach1893 1893 N. S. Shaler in 13th Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1891–2: Pt. 2 141 Where..there are islands or shoals lying on either side of a considerable reentrant, a curious action arises, which leads to the formation of what we may term ‘pocket beaches’. 1932 W. H. Emmons et al. Geology ix. 254 On rocky coasts beaches of boulders and cobblestones commonly form at the heads of indentations... These pocket beaches..are found along the coast of California. 1993 Canad. Geographic Mar. 70 (caption) ‘Pocket’ beaches are formed in coves along rocky or steep coasts, where powerful breakers leave more sediment than they carry away. < as lemmas |
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