| 单词 | superincumbent |
| 例句 | The internal pilasters, which form an architrave for the northern window, spring from grotesque heads, elaborately carved, and which appear as if pressed down by the superincumbent weight. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z A considerable growth of trees had sprung from the soil collected above them, the roots of some having penetrated completely through the superincumbent shells to the earth beneath. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The whole city is built on piles, which sometimes sink into the mud, causing the superincumbent structures to incline forward like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Elsewhere he accounts for the diminished pressure on the top of a mountain by the diminished weight of the superincumbent column of air. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z As the meal progressed, the superincumbent earth weighed less heavily on their souls. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The prime feature in Cornish geology is the upheaval of the granite, distorting, folding back, and altering the superincumbent beds. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z The material of the bank being loosened by blasting and the cutting action of the water, crumbles into holes, and the superincumbent mass, often with large trees and stones, falls into the lower ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Each too had its label of stone superincumbent, and projecting from the brick-work, which might leave the period of construction somewhat doubtful—but the gables decided the fact. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z These boulders have withstood the wreck of ages, but the weather-beaten rocks under them are so worn as here and there to present the appearance of pedestals bearing up the superincumbent masses. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z The superincumbent mass of earth would crush the strongest metal. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z It was cold when upheaved, tearing apart the superincumbent stratified sedimentary rocks, which disappeared from the summits, and on all sides about these upheavals were twisted, contorted, thrown back, and fissured. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z But grasping is not so easy; or rather it is not so easy to pull a fish up through two feet of superincumbent water which opposes the quick passage of the arm. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z It was buried up in a mass of superincumbent ruins, and was only brought to light in the course of my laborious excavations. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Occasionally, when the whale blows just as it is rising out of or sinking in the sea, a little of the superincumbent water may be forced upwards by the column of breath. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z No water can percolate athwart it, and consequently where it is, there the superincumbent soil is resolved into a quagmire. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z These granitic masses have upheaved the superincumbent beds of stratified rocks, partly melting them. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z With kites, however, the possibility of making frequent and nearly vertical ascents and descents permits observations to be obtained almost simultaneously in superincumbent strata of air. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z Because they are obliged to grow under the whole superincumbent weight of society, he must not be severe if they attain but a partial growth. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z The priests—the worshippers, where were they? sleeping beneath the ruins of the crumbling chancel; their high or holy names, which no man remembers, carved deep in the superincumbent marble. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Much of the superincumbent earth and stone had fallen, dislodged by the vibrations caused by the picks of the men smashing up the chalk blocks, and the passage was completely choked. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Discharging Arch Discharging Arch, an arch formed in the substance of a wall to relieve the part which is below it from the superincumbent weight. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Yet these are hidden beneath a superincumbent mass of trivialities. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The levee of her commercial emporium literally trembles, in a frontage of nine miles, beneath the superincumbent masses of merchandise. The Slavery Question Speech of Hon. John M. Landrum, of La., Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 27, 1860 2011-03-24T02:00:14.150Z The Ionic expresses increased lightness, by the interposition of its volute, as if the superincumbent weight had but gently pressed a soft solid into a scroll. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z When a sufficient depth of snow collects upon the earth's surface, the lower portions are squeezed out by the pressure of the superincumbent mass. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. These cliffs are considerably undermined by the action of the waves, and some of them appear on the eve of precipitating their superincumbent weight into the sea. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The ceiling had fallen in, crushed by a great mass of superincumbent earth, and farther progress was utterly impossible. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. But Sir Gilbert Scott thought that if a bit of the superincumbent stone was raised, some portion of the more ancient monument might exist beneath. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History A greater superincumbent mass, required shorter and thicker columns; a less superincumbent mass, longer and slender ones. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Notwithstanding the care taken to shore them up, the roofs of the abandoned quarries still give way occasionally under the superincumbent weight. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 This, we know, is owing to the weight of the superincumbent atmosphere, there being a heavier burden at the surface than at any height above it. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. This was effected by cutting away the superincumbent stones at an angle of about 45� with the horizon. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Where water penetrated through the crust, solidification took place in the underlying fluid mass, which enlarging in consequence produced rifts in the superincumbent rocks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" A portion of this may be got by the process known as robbing the pillars, but the coal so obtained is liable to be very much crushed from the pressure of the superincumbent strata. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The artist endeavours to render it ideally visible to the spectator by placing a gigantic figure, which appears to be raising the superincumbent weight on his shoulders; but the result is not altogether successful. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Yet a wan glare shows that the snow-storm is strangely shadowed by superincumbent cliffs; and though you cannot see, you hear the mountains. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Parts of it, which had not been protected by the superincumbent bulk of the horse, were hideously burned. Cudjo's Cave The superincumbent waters had parted asunder, and the children of the deep were all astir. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies In a moment the superincumbent earth, for a space forty by eighty feet, was hurled upward, carrying with it the artillery-men, with their four guns, and three companies of soldiers. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War The superincumbent weight of the queen and Bergami breaks the frail stem in pieces, and the three figures tumble to the ground together. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Here, having thrown aside some of his superincumbent furs, George Burke sat and looked about him. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht It had apparently been formed by the sinking down of the roof of the cave, with a tremendous superincumbent weight of forest trees. Cudjo's Cave I understand this proposition of gasses being compressible, in proportion to their superincumbent weights, as follows: A barometer, which is an instrument generally known, is, properly speaking, a species of syphon, ABCD, Pl. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Besides 234 being enormously increased in scale and thickness, that they might better bear the superincumbent weight, the quatrefoil, which in the Frari windows is above the arch, as at a, Fig. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), Finally, on the top of the wall some protection from the weather is necessary, or some preparation for the reception of superincumbent weight, called a coping, or Cornice. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) These masses, there can be no doubt, are remains of superincumbent beds of hard rock that have been removed by denudation, leaving but a few fragments behind. The Broom-Squire In some of the claims the pay-dirt lies within two feet of the surface; in others it lies much deeper, but all the superincumbent matter is swept away. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining Domes may be formed by superincumbent snow, or � 2. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) It is likelier to dig deep, and build on broad and solid rock; it tends to symmetry and finish in the superincumbent fabric. The History of Dartmouth College The idea is, that such coffins resist much longer the weight of the superincumbent earth; but there can be no doubt that it is a very ancient shape. Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc These oozing springs in course of vast ages have undermined and washed away the superincumbent sand and have formed the crater called the Devil's Punch-Bowl. The Broom-Squire This new party, now emerging from the lowest strata of society, upheaving all its superincumbent masses, consisted of the wan, the starving, the haggard, the reckless. Madame Roland, Makers of History Everywhere it is removing superincumbent weights, knocking off fetters, clearing away obstructions. Liberalism Wherever this pan occurs, we find the superincumbent soil doomed to barrenness,—arid and sun-baked during the summer and autumn months, and, from the same cause, overcharged with moisture in winter and spring. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland The French savans who accompanied Bonaparte in his Egyptian expedition made several experiments to ascertain the thickness and depth of this superincumbent bed. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Near Pudmoor Pool stands a gray block of ironstone, a solitary portion of the superincumbent bed that has been washed away. The Broom-Squire The tendency of all material substances to the centre of attraction, loads the parts nearest to that centre with the whole weight of the superincumbent mass. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 It is merely crushing him, and unless his will is killed the effect will be seen if ever the superincumbent pressure is by chance removed. Liberalism In many places the beams were so bent by the weight of the superincumbent earth, that it appeared they must before long give way. The Mines and its Wonders Indeed it is always compressed into less space than it would naturally occupy, by the weight of the superincumbent air. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease The heat, deep-seated in the interior of the earth, is transmitted through the superincumbent rocks, and slowly reaches the surface. The Story of the Heavens His the inspiration that kept alight the Gnosis in the Church, until the superincumbent mass of ignorance became so great that even His breath could not fan the flame sufficiently to prevent its extinguishment. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries They must start near enough to the surface that the whole superincumbent mass may cave and give crushing weight, or the immediately overhanging roof must easily cave. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration These structures presuppose a larger amount of architectural skill; still more so the gigantic portals of Stonehenge, which are formed by two pillars of equal height, joined by a superincumbent stone. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities In the lower orders, when not motionless under the weight of a superincumbent despotism, it manifests itself in pride, and its natural offspring, insubordination in all its modes. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. Many structures of this kind fall of their own superincumbent weight and clumsiness. Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Where the ravines had been filled with solid masonry, the mountain torrents have eaten a way beneath it, leaving the superincumbent mass still spanning the valley like an arch. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The right side is to be preferred to the left because in this position, the heart being on the upper side, is not embarrassed in its free movement by the superincumbent lung tissue. The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male Baked by the heat from beneath, and pressed by the weight of superincumbent waters, these layers slowly hardened into stratified rocks. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' Are they numerous who thus enrich the present with the disengaged agents of the past, the chemic powers obtained from that superincumbent atmosphere ever elastically stretching over them? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Then she felt a hand trying to remove her superincumbent head-gear. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters In the shallow diggings the superincumbent earth above the pay-dirt is removed, and the process is called "stripping." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 It is usually separated from the superincumbent beds by a glazed crust of hard, compact sandstone, almost resembling a ferruginous quartzite. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 The fields are hidden from sight under the superincumbent bones; no road is free from them; an immense encampment of waggons is deserted. Bulgaria Having made a hole big enough to contain his body, he lay down in it, and, pulling the superincumbent snow down upon him, was almost buried in the ruin. Ungava It was an awful crash, and after it the poor youth lay prone for a few minutes with his injured member in the dust—literally, for he had ploughed completely through the superincumbent turf. The Prairie Chief Under this superincumbent weight I had long struggled to stand. Rattlin the Reefer Unfortunately, the parts excavated, upon the removal of the objects of art discovered, were immediately filled up in lieu of pillars, or supports to the superincumbent mass being erected. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) Just as he was about to clear it, down came the tottering superincumbent structure almost on their heads. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 For a time the superincumbent masses of hypocrisy vanish. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series For years past I have thought that it was perhaps not impossible to exhume this buried Epic from the superincumbent mass of episodical matter, and to restore it to the modern world. Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse This element is the constantly recurring lifting of the superincumbent weight of the machine. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. While some of them uphold the weight of the superincumbent body, the rest are thrown forwards, as fresh and more advanced points of support on to which it may be pulled. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 "A pardlike spirit, beautiful and swift— A love in desolation mask'd;—a Power Girt round with weakness;—it can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour!" Early Reviews of English Poets So far as the movement is due to the superincumbent weight, the tendency is at once to increase the temperature of the moving mass. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography And there amongst them a delicate blossom, half crushed by the superincumbent weight of moss, the fallen leaves of last year, and tiny, lichen-covered twigs. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. The consequence is that in a short time the current is entirely obstructed, and the superincumbent water forced to a higher level. Essays in Natural History and Agriculture The first of these, a copy of one of the figures of the Erechtheum, seems to bear the superincumbent architrave easily and securely, with her feet planted squarely and the main lines running vertically. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Perhaps the crypt mentioned by M. Klein might be of the latter end of the XIIth century; but no visible portion of the superincumbent building can be older than the XVIth century. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three That evangelical Christianity which Luther and his coadjutors exhumed from the superincumbent rubbish of the Middle Ages was dearer to him than his throne or his life. Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties For instance: a fine large engraving is laid flat upon the floor; a number of smaller prints are piled upon it, until the superincumbent weight cracks the lower glass—but this is of no importance. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Prehistoric Miners The remains of this people which are unearthed from beneath the superincumbent strata of their Teutonic successors in the country show them to have been typical of their race. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine At the base of each a gigantic half-caryatid, in the style of the ancient hermæ, but finished to the waist, bends beneath the superincumbent weight, like Atlas under the globe. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Immediately above this schistose is a superincumbent mass of sandstone which appeared to form the upper structure of the island. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 Other rocks of a much harder nature, composed in part of the shells of inexpressible multitudes of Ocean's infusoria, were laid down from the superincumbent sea. Among the Forces All these, too, are carried out with such precision that, notwithstanding the immense superincumbent weight, no settlement in any part can be detected to an appreciable fraction of an inch. Ancient Egypt They are first dug up and sifted, and then piled over large heaps of dry wood, which are set fire to, and speedily convert the superincumbent mass into excellent lime. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America The English Kunstpoesie of the Middle Ages lay buried under many superincumbent layers of literary fashion. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Here are ranged the series of furnaces which convert the copper and superincumbent enamel into one common body—fuse the one into the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 The rock at the bottom was crushed under the frightful weight of the tumbling superincumbent mass, and every few minutes the top became the bottom. Among the Forces This is caused by the superincumbent soil not being more than from one to three feet thick, in some places more, but varying exceedingly. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Its animal remains usually consist of retired licensed victuallers and obese tallow-chandlers, who are generally found in beds of soft formation, separated from superincumbent layers of Marseilles quilts, by interposing strata of thick double Witneys. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 And it took the admiral a great deal of kicking and plunging to rescue himself from some superincumbent mass that was upon him, which seemed to him to be a considerable sized tree. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Below us slept the waters of the bay, reflecting, in their crystal depths, the superincumbent mountains and overarching sky. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 The war of 1914 has definitely established the employment of aircraft for hostile purposes, and, as evidenced by the reception given by belligerents to neutral protests, the sovereignty of a state over its superincumbent air-spaces. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) As the building progressed, the weight of the superincumbent masonry gradually became greater, till the maximum of pressure was attained, and a solid basis secured. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt Sometimes the pressure on the superincumbent crust is so great as to cause an upheaval or disturbance of the valley. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 This they soon reached, and, prising frantically with crowbars, flaked off and rolled away half-ton blocks of the superincumbent mass. At a Winter's Fire It was radiantly true, though not a man believed it; the huge superincumbent weight of incredulity could not disturb a fact that was as the sun in heaven. Lord of the World Notwithstanding the great expense of removing the superincumbent earth, the mine had been worked to a profit. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Square pillars, left standing at intervals, supported the superincumbent mass, while tablets sculptured in the most conspicuous places commemorated the kings and engineers who began or continued the work. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt For a time some charm was imparted by his instructing me to adopt a superincumbent face-to-face embrace. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion To get at the cargo we threw overboard the superincumbent articles, and strewed the sea with Connecticut wooden ware and brooms. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter But these superincumbent statues having been thus lifted from off the sepulchre, it was suggested that the opportunity should be taken to examine the contents of the tomb. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 These are thought to be still older in their formation, and are said never to be found superincumbent on strata which must be acknowledged as the productions of the sea. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) Its knees were both raised, and one of its little hands drawn up and clenched near its throat, as if in a feeble but agonised struggle to force up the superincumbent mass. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 So Anthony took hold of one of his arms and I of the other, and by main force dragged him from under the superincumbent mass of humanity. What I Remember, Volume 2 In digging out the sand, the object was to take out the greatest quantity consistent with safety, leaving only such supports as were necessary to hold up the superincumbent earth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 At evening she lays hold of the two digging-sticks and by their help frees herself from the superincumbent weight of sand and returns to the camp. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul I, only mention it, that it may not be supposed that the rock in question was some fragment of a secondary stratum that remained, after the rest was washed away, superincumbent on the primary. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) The air oppressed him like a leaden shroud, and the energies of his soul seemed for once on the point of sinking beneath the superincumbent burden. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 565, September 8, 1832 The surface of the sea steams like a lime-kiln, caused by the water being still warmer than the superincumbent atmosphere. The Illustrated London Reading Book Long Island is of a rugged character and formed principally of large water-worn masses of quartzose sandstone superincumbent upon a basis of the same rock. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 That the wild outbursts of insurrection midway in the fifth decade failed and died away was not surprising, for the superincumbent deposits of tradition and convention were thick. Edison, His Life and Inventions Such a compound mass might be again resuscitated, or restored with the new superincumbent strata, consolidated in their texture and inclined in their position. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) The proletariat, the lowest stratum of our present society, cannot stir, cannot raise itself up, without the whole superincumbent strata of official society being sprung into the air. The Communist Manifesto He set to work removing the superincumbent mass. A Pair of Blue Eyes Bat Island is a mass of sandstone superincumbent upon a quartzose basis and intersected by nearly vertical veins of white quartz, the surface of which was in a crystallized state. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 You might as well set Mount AEtna on them flat, and tell them to stand up under it, as tell me to elevate my servants under all the superincumbent mass of society upon them. Uncle Tom's Cabin It is much more probable to suppose, that the sea had washed away the relics of the broken and disordered strata, before those that are now superincumbent had been begun to be deposited. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) As the vapour cooled the water would be precipitated, and an ocean would surround the spherical nucleus with a superincumbent atmosphere. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation As soon as the moisture begins to pass from the superincumbent atmosphere, evaporation begins from the surface of the land. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The strong, blind, vegetable energy agonizes to find expression, and, wrestling like a pinioned giant, the soul of matter throws off the weight of Its superincumbent inertia. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 If the infinite relations of life assert themselves in marriage, and the infinite I merges its individuality in the personality of another, the superincumbent need of a passional relation passes without question. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Once put together over such a core and carried up several feet above the top of the arch, the down weight of the superincumbent mass would articulate and hold the masonry together. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Which impregnation with manganese has probably been received from the decomposition of superincumbent vegetable matters. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation These poor creatures are pressed down, and squeezed out into what they are, under the superincumbent weight of an enormous leisure class. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Bat Island is a mass of sandstone superincumbent upon a quartzoze basis, and intersected by nearly vertical veins of white quartz, the surface of which was in a crystallised state. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 The sky was foggy with heat, and the sea lay dull, as if oppressed by the superincumbent air, and leaden in hue, as if its colour had been destroyed by the sun. Malcolm In proportion as the sun rose towards the zenith, and the earth and the strata of superincumbent air took different temperatures, the phenomenon of the mirage displayed itself in its numerous modifications. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Adj. weighty; weighing &c. v.; heavy as lead; ponderous, ponderable; lumpish†, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome; cumbrous, unwieldy, massive. incumbent, superincumbent†. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases "The present superincumbent mass is about 20 feet in thickness." The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany The character of the granite was fine-grained, and intersected by veins and masses of trap, and in the latter part of the day's journey porphyry was superincumbent. Journals of Australian Explorations These stones, of course, grind, scratch, and polish each other; and in like wise grind, scratch, and polish the rock over which they pass, under the enormous weight of the superincumbent ice. Town Geology Are storms the effect of this unequal charge of the different superincumbent strata of air? Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 But much art would be required to train and organize the lights and the masses of superincumbent gloom, that should be such as to allow no calculation of the dimensions overhead. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater The pressure of the whole superincumbent mass on the pelvic or lower organs induces sufferings proportioned in acuteness to the extreme delicacy and sensitiveness of the parts thus crushed. American Woman's Home At the level of the sea, a man of ordinary bulk and stature is pressed upon by a superincumbent weight of 30,000 pounds or 13.5 tons. Himalayan Journals — Complete He, too, as well as other conjurers, has thrown dust in our eyes and has made the platform reel beneath the superincumbent weight of his balderdash and blasphemy. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers The beds of rivers are heated as far as the depth to which the solar rays can penetrate without undergoing too great an extinction in their passage through the superincumbent strata of water. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Luckily the little hollow which received the pair was of sand, that yielded to the superincumbent weight, half burying them without further injury. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers A Greek column, for example, not only moves upward, but also against the superincumbent load of the entablature which it carries. The Principles of Aesthetics Allowing about fourteen centuries for the growth of the superincumbent vegetable matter, he calculated that the thickness gained in a hundred years would be no more than three centimetres.* The Antiquity of Man Mattock and shovel made short work of it; twenty feet of superincumbent mould pressed down alike the saint and the sinner. Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers It bulged slightly downwards, in a flattened arch, as if some superincumbent weight were pressing hard upon it. What's Bred in the Bone Drops of the superincumbent fluid were placed on four leaves, and when these were looked at after 16 hrs., the tentacles and blades of all were found strongly inflected. Insectivorous Plants As the plumule continued to grow, the tip became more arched, and in the course of six days it emerged through the 2 ½ inches of superincumbent soil, still retaining its arched form. The Power of Movement in Plants The utmost care was needful to prevent the superincumbent weight from falling in and crushing the life there certainly was beneath, happily not the rock from above, but some of the debris of the stable. Beechcroft at Rockstone And the very mendicants would begin to rise when the superincumbent pressure of those who live on the edge of pauperism had been withdrawn. Caesar's Column It is like the springs of a carriage which are pressed flat by the superincumbent weight. He Knew He Was Right The world, like Milton's lion, is still trying to disengage its binder limbs from the superincumbent weight of the Drift. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Radicles are able to penetrate the ground by the force due to their longitudinal and transverse growth; the seeds themselves being held down by the weight of the superincumbent soil. The Power of Movement in Plants It consists also in the generation of gases, and their expansion by heat, and the injection of liquid matter into rents formed in superincumbent rocks. The Student's Elements of Geology Sometimes in alluvial ground the trend of the reef will be revealed by a track of quartz fragments, more or less thickly distributed on the surface and through the superincumbent soil. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students The pitch was near the slant engineers call the angle of rest, but Festing thought there was rock not far beneath, which prevented the solidification of the superincumbent soil. The Girl from Keller's I neglected at the time to estimate how many hundred or rather thousand feet thick the superincumbent strata must have been: and I will not now attempt to do so. Geological Observations on South America She was not one of those napkin people who hide their talents, or who immure their lights under superincumbent bushels. Marm Lisa This remark ought perhaps to be extended to a part of the superincumbent basaltic rocks; but on this point, I was not able to obtain clear evidence. Volcanic Islands I remember formerly thinking that all lateral flexures probably occurred deep beneath the surface, and have been brought into view by an enormous superincumbent mass having been denuded. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Luckily the little hollow which received the pair was of sand that yielded to the superincumbent weight, half burying them without further injury. Legends and Tales A little above the Hacienda of Pluclaro, I made a detour on the northern side of the valley, to examine the superincumbent gypseous strata, which I estimated at 6,000 feet in thickness. Geological Observations on South America Their enlargement, however, through the lateral contraction of the ground, will not be favoured, but rather opposed, by the weight of the superincumbent soil. The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits Westward of Porto Praya beyond Red Hill, the white stratum with the superincumbent basalt is covered up by more recent streams. Volcanic Islands He lifted it in his beak, and, with a desperate struggle against the superincumbent weight, regained the branch with his prize. A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready But, all but as deep as that—for all around that, and all over that, and soaking all through that—there lies a superincumbent mass of sullen, brutish, malignant atheism. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) I believe that there are other superincumbent crystalline strata and submarine lavas, but I had not time to examine them. Geological Observations on South America On the expiration of the half-hour Noel Vanstone presented himself at North Shingles, with the ardor of a lover burning inextinguishably in his bosom, through the superincumbent mental fog of a thoroughly bewildered man. No Name One white ribbon- like layer of decomposed, pumiceous breccia, was curiously bent into deep unbroken curves, beneath each of the large fragments in the superincumbent stratum. Volcanic Islands At such moments Rebecca used to feel as if a superincumbent iron pot had been lifted off her head, allowing her to breath freely and enjoy the sunshine. New Chronicles of Rebecca The foundations of the building are continually giving way, and the lower tiers crumbling under the superincumbent weight. Russia The inferior heaven is called the firmament, because it separates the superincumbent waters from the waters below. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science On the mornings when she grew disgusted with herself and thought about cleaning up a bit, chair rails and strips of curtain would come off in her hands during her struggle with superincumbent dirt. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola A calcareous sedimentary deposit, with recent shells, altered by the contact of superincumbent lava, its horizontality and extent. Volcanic Islands |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。