| 单词 | sheet-flood |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheet-flood sheet-flood n. a short-lived expanse of running water that spreads as a continuous film over a large area following sudden heavy rain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] streamc950 water floodOE floodc1000 waterOE diluvya1325 waterganga1325 flowinga1340 delugec1374 diluvec1386 Noah's floodc1390 overflowing1430 inundation1432 flowa1450 surrounding1449 over-drowninga1500 spate1513 float1523 drowning1539 ravine1545 alluvion1550 surundacion1552 watershot1567 overflow1589 ravage1611 inunding1628 surroundera1642 water breach1669 flooding1799 debacle1802 diluviation1816 deluging1824 superflux1830 whelm1842 come1862 floodage1862 sheet-flood1897 flash flooding1939 flash-flood1940 1897 W. J. McGee in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 8 88 Colloquially a moving water-body of this type is sometimes known as a ‘wash’; but since the term is commonly applied primarily to the product and only secondarily to the agency, and since it is usually restricted to limited, though broad channels.., it seems desirable to use some other designation for the water-body; and the term sheetflood has come into use in notes and in conversation. 1938 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 49 1344 One of the most striking peculiarities of sheetfloods is the shortness of their flow in distance as well as in time. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 49 After storms, flow is in the form of sheet-floods, comparatively shallow floods running over a broad area. < as lemmas |
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