单词 | spring-flood |
释义 | spring-floodn. 1. A tide occurring around the time of the new or full moon, when the high-water level is highest, the low-water level is lowest, and the difference between high and low tide is at its greatest; esp. a high tide of this kind; = spring tide n. 2. Also in figurative contexts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > spring springa1398 spring-floodc1405 spring tide1548 high tide1609 sea-spring1627 overloup1710 stream-tide1789 overleap1795 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 362 Thanne shal she been euene at the fulle alway And spryng flood lasten bothe nyght and day. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 193 Þat ȝe mowe flowe in sprynge-flood of vertuys, hye vp to þe hyll of heuen. 1612 W. J. Blaeu Light of Navigation i. ii. 24/2 These four Sands, which are no deeper with a lowe water then 1 fathome, & at a spring flood fall almost drie. 1694 tr. J. Brown Christ in Believers Hope of Glory 26 There will be a low ebb, after such a Spring-flood. 1790 J. Malham Navigation Made Easy iii. i. 185 The time of spring flood is the time of high water on the full and change days. 1827 J. Purdy New Sailing Directory for Newfoundland (ed. 2) iii. 55 To the southward of Bic, spring-floods run at the rate of a knot and a half. 1881 J. Minshull tr. H. J. Klein & O. W. Thomé Land, Sea & Sky 77 The yearly movement of the tides is calculated by the fact that the spring floods are highest at the time of the equinox. 1910 Jrnl. Assoc. Engin. Soc. 44 236 The spring floods may be termed extraordinary high waters. 1990 B. Sonne Acculturative Role of Sea Women 15/1 Moon..presides over the tide, which breaks up the shore ice in the spring flood. 2. A river flood occurring in the spring. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > river land-flood1390 spatec1425 water break1513 flowa1616 overfloat1619 land-watera1631 freshet1638 surflux1660 spring-flood1714 shute1839 1714 tr. Florus Epitome Rom. Hist. iv. ii. 129 In the mean time, the River swelling with an usual Spring-Flood [L. abundatio verni], hinder'd Cӕsar from getting Provisions. 1772 Daily Advertiser 22 Apr. The Road lay through the River Wye, but the Spring Floods being out, the People in the Waggon were unwilling to cross it. 1823 in J. Baillie Coll. of Poems 30 Then streams, like a spring-flood, her wealth without measure. 1853 S. Moodie Life in Clearings 29 The spring-floods bring with them a great quantity of waste timber and fallen trees from the interior. 1938 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 4 164 Following a spring flood which swept away the mill dam, the Shortts re-established themselves near Walkerton. 2008 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Apr. 46/1 Greatly reduced river flows ended the spring floods that sustained wetlands with freshwater and enriched sediment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1405 |
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