单词 | spring pit |
释义 | > as lemmasspring pit spring pit n. †(a) a hole or cavity formed by a spring where it rises; (formerly also) a well (obsolete); (b) (in later use) a small hole or crater formed on a lake beach by water which percolates into the sand and then ascends. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > caused by erosion or water > specifically by spring or geyser spring pit?1757 spring hole1835 bore1863 ?1757 G. S. Green Life J. Van II. x. 162 This..made him cry aloud for Help, to search the Spring-pit. 1862 A. Newton Zool. Anc. Europe 21 These [fresh-water tortoises] were found..in a peat bog, by the side of a spring-pit, at East Wretham, about seven feet below the surface. 1930 in Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 38 90 A group of spring pits... Most of these pits are about a foot in diameter and up to 6 inches deep. 1987 R. R. Elliott Hist. Nevada (ed. 2) ii. 17 Animal bones were found in the three main layers, with the oldest level showing bones of bison and predatory animals in a spring pit. 2003 E. Draganits et al. in P. Van Rensbergen et al. Subsurface Sediment Mobilization 117/2 A rare combined occurrence of spring pits and their conduits below. < as lemmas |
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