| 单词 | swallet hole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswallet hole An underground stream of water such as breaks in upon miners at work. Also (in full, swallet hole), the opening through which a stream disappears underground. Cf. swallow n.2 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > underground swallet1668 katavothron1820 under-runner1921 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > pot-hole or swallow-hole water sink1553 swallow1610 swallow-hole1660 estuary1665 swallet1668 cockpit1683 sinkhole1772 sink1791 pot1797 water-swallow1811 shake-hole1823 pothole1826 fleet-hole1839 spout hole1849 katavothron1869 ponor1890 sump1951 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 769 If they find a Swallet, they drive an Adit upon Levell, till 'tis dry. 1768 A. Catcott Treat. Deluge (ed. 2) iii. 356 The collateral conduits of the swallet-holes, leading down into one great unfathomable cavity in the bowels of the earth. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 84 The larger submarine gulphs or swallets. 1856 S. Hughes Waterworks 133 Swallet holes and subterranean rivers..in the district of Gower and in the Mendip hills. 1865 Reader Jan. 7 This stream is known to commence its subterranean journey about two miles off, where it enters a ‘swallet.’ 1910 Spectator 8 Jan. 47/1 Mendip [has]..underground springs and rivers..faintly indicated by the countless swallets that pit the surface of the hills. < as lemmas |
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