| 单词 | waterworn |
| 例句 | I ease myself along, intrigued by the smooth, waterworn walls. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They consist of waterworn chunks of bright turquoise Styrofoam adorned with a feathered plume or two — lightness reinforces lightness. Art Review: Two Shows Offer a New Look at Julian Schnabel 2014-04-25T20:17:33Z Sometimes we went through deep cuttings in the red clay, close enough for me to notice it was interstratified with waterworn but angular quartz peebles. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z After a death a long waterworn stone is usually placed in one of the old dolmens which are scattered over the Nilgiri plateau, but occasionally a small dolmen is raised to mark the burial. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Rounded waterworn pebbles and cobblestones among a mass of angular bowlders, left behind by glacier streams, together with an occasional striated pebble, were “sermons in stones” to the geologist. Unexplored! Seaside and river gravel, which is composed usually of rounded, waterworn pebbles, is unfit for surfacing roads. The Future of Road-making in America Swallow-holes or waterworn caverns are common in many parts of the limestone region. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The bones are black, brown or white, highly fragmented and waterworn to a variable degree. Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma The great canyon spread out again, once she had passed the waterworn Gorge, and peak after peak rose up to right and left where yawning side canyons led in. Wunpost As he walked across the waterworn shelf at the foot of the sheer cliff, his eye was caught by a wide seam of quartz in the side wall of the gulch. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation This pudding is composed of waterworn pebbles, bedded in a dark clayey soil which crumbles under the touch. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The globe had been trailing along the coastline, and now it angled out to glide over a long finger of cape, rocky and waterworn, which pointed at almost a right angle into the sea. Star Born Its waterworn pebbles and small bowlders were subsequently covered by lake deposit, during the time between the inclosure and break out at San Carlos. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 We found regular terrace beaches with rounded waterworn stones all over it; its height is 65 feet. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The line led across a waterworn ledge and downward. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation On these rounded off banks or bergs of forest land, Youranigh drew my attention to large, old, waterworn, trunks of trees, which he showed me had been deposited there by floods. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia The Bunter had been slightly tilted, and slightly waterworn, before the Keuper was laid on it. Town Geology Again I saw fields crusted with stone like the fields of Cong, with the same waterworn appearance, but not so extensive. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland After visiting the island it was easy for us to trace the same terrace formation on the coast; in one place we found waterworn stones over 100 feet above sea-level. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Islands, like Graham's Island, may have sometimes raised their craters for various periods above the water, and by the waste of such islands some of the ashy matter became waterworn, whence the ashy conglomerate. The Student's Elements of Geology It consisted of a yellow sandstone in thin strata, covered in some parts with beds of waterworn pebbles. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Yet, strange to say, the gold was invariably waterworn in appearance. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students Other portions of woods had their ends waterworn, and were full of long cracks, such as appear in wood long exposed to the sun. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Amongst the waterworn pebbles in the bed of the river, we found various portions of coal and the rocky sections in parts of the banks resembled its concomitant strata. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia |
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