| 单词 | to run a banker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run (also come down, etc.) a banker 4. colloquial (Australian & New Zealand). A river swollen to the top of, or overflowing, its banks. Frequently in to run (also come down, etc.) a banker: (of a river) to be overflowing or almost overflowing. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > types of river > [noun] > specific headwater1535 Sabbatical river1613 salt river1659 tide-river1739 river pirate1743 salmon river1753 artery1787 warp-river1799 feeder1825 lost river1843 banker1848 tidal river1877 pirate1889 1848 H. W. Haygarth Recoll. Bush Life Austral. 129 Now that I take a second glance at the river, its waters look very muddy, which is a sure sign of its being high, not to say a ‘banker’. 1890 Cassell's Picturesque Australasia III. 175 The Murrumbidgee was running a ‘banker’—water right up to the banks. 1950 Canterbury (N.Z.) Mountaineer 25 The rain came down in sheets..and the river was a banker, with boulders rolling a yard or two from the tent. 1977 D. Whitington Strive to be Fair 40 The creek came down a banker, I tied the car to a tree, but it was submerged in the raging waters. 2014 Innisfail (Austral.) Advocate (Nexis) 19 Feb. 5 The arrival of the rain coincided with king tides and the North and South Johnstone rivers running a banker. < as lemmas |
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