| 单词 | rainwash |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrainwash rainwash n. Geology the washing away of soil and rock fragments by rain; material so washed away. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [noun] > rain wash rainwash1863 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > by wind, water, or ice > movement by water washing?1473 scour17.. wash1835 rainwash1863 washing in1877 overwash1886 soil wash1926 1863 Trans. Anthropol. Soc. 1 p. xi. The remains were lodged, not in the brick-earth, but in a more superficial soil, brought down by the weathering and rain-wash of the hillside. 1912 H. B. Woodward Geol. Soils & Substrata xviii. 221 All slopes are liable to receive a certain amount of downwash or rainwash in the form of earthy débris or angular detritus. 2001 Geomorphology 40 96/2 Ireland puts the origin of..many..gullies down, not to forest clearance..and simple subsequent rainwash, but rather to the enhanced runoff from new roads. < as lemmas |
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