| 单词 | embayment |
| 例句 | Flag Fen was a series of wooden trackways constructed between two areas of high ground at a time when the sea level slowly flooded the low-lying embayment. My best bit of historic Britain: historians' and authors' top tips 2012-08-17T21:45:07Z The researchers decided to use the unexpected stop to map the krill and DMS concentrations in a shallow embayment on the island's north side. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z As is evident from the photo, the rips correspond with embayments in the beach profile. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the East Siberian Sea, they steered the Pangaea into an embayment in the ice cap that Ousland, who closely studies satellite images of the Arctic, had observed growing for years. The untold story of the boldest polar expedition of modern times 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “The idea of so many of this extremely rare animal being in this tiny embayment is not comforting. Many should be elsewhere,” he said. No Sign of Newborn North Atlantic Whales This Breeding Season 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The site consists of 255 acres of land and river embayments located primarily in Duluth, Minnesota, and extending into the St. Louis River, it said. Honeywell, Domtar in $8.2 million settlement over U.S. Superfund site 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z We were more than halfway through the survey before the echo sounder detected any krill—a patch of the crustaceans suspended above the seafloor in the shallow waters of the embayment. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The Thwaites Glacier, which feeds into the embayment, may retreat rapidly at some point in the future. How Much Will Antarctica and Greenland Ice Raise Seas? 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z One particular glacier in the Amundsen embayment lost 18 percent of its thickness over the 18 years of the study. Antarctica's Ice Shelves Thin, Threaten Significant Sea Level Rise 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The entire embayment drains one third of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Melt of Key Antarctic Glaciers "Unstoppable" 2014-05-12T21:15:00Z The embayment just below it is the Gulf of Bothnia, part of the Baltic Sea. The White Elephant of Rucheni 2011-11-22T18:45:02.247Z Even among the blacks, huddled up in the rocky embayment, there were faces that expressed surprise, some the ashy pallor of fear, as if from a stricken conscience. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z In a little angular embayment at the cliff's base, almost directly under the summer-house was the body discovered. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Both maidens stood in the embayment of the window—endeavouring, with their glances, to penetrate the darkness outside. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z And soon they paired, each pair passing into the embayment of a window, and there taking stand. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z They are still crowded up in the embayment between the cliffs, but with heads aloft and ears apeak, neighing, snorting, and restless, as if about to make a break. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z “Here, why don’t the girl let in some air these hot nights?” he continued, as he crossed the room towards the big embayment, with its stained glass heraldic device. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z In a little angular embayment at the cliff’s base, almost directly under the summer-house was the body discovered. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z She stood within its embayment—her back turned towards that dark type of humanity—her eyes upon the blue heaven: as if there seeking inspiration. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z A massive oaken table stands near the fire-place; a high-backed chair on either hand, and two more in the embayment of the window; and an antique cabinet occupies a place directly opposite the chimney. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z It was in fact, a sort of natural breakwater—forming one side of a large cone, or embayment, lying between it and the true beach. The Boy Slaves At intervals, it was intersected by embayments of wet morass—the projecting arms of a great swamp, that appeared to run parallel with the creek. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness But so far from the cochero stepping out into the road to receive him, he but drew closer to the cliff, where an embayment in black shadow promised him perfect concealment. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley It is likely to show a fairly sharp contact on the side toward the intrusive, and to grade off into the country rock on the other side with numerous embayments and irregularities. The Economic Aspect of Geology He turned into an embayment over a pier of the bridge he was crossing, and sat down to think. Witness to the Deed It was, in fact, a sort of natural breakwater, forming one side of a large cone, or embayment, lying between it and the true beach. The Boy Slaves Soon to see that the frightened animal has taken refuge in an angular embayment between two projecting buttresses of rock, where he stands cowering and trembling. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Soon as receiving their orders the two Hussars had dismounted, and tied up their horses, one on each side of the rocky embayment; they themselves, with their curious charge, occupying the space between. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley “It’s my opinion that it was the former,” said Brace, gazing back at the little embayment they had just passed. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig He pointed to a mass of rock lying right in the centre of the embayment, a heap which cut off our view on one side. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore In escaping under cover of the cloud they had gone too far, ridden direct into a deep embayment of the cliff! The Lone Ranche They had known of its existence before; and more than once had visited the little embayment in the lake, where it chiefly grew. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Its shores and those of the big tributary embayments—"drowned rivers," they have been called—are thickly sprinkled with traces and remembrances of three and a half centuries' people and events. The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior Entering an embayment deep enough to restrain their further journey, the fragments of rock form a boulder beach, where the bits roll to and fro whenever they are struck by heavy surges. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography They made another dozen yards; and then Grierson turned the horses into one of the embayments where there was brush that would support the wheels. Ranching for Sylvia Before I had cast the rope over the point of rock, he was across at the far side of the embayment, where he could watch my progress and give me directions. The Pilots of Pomona The Rancocus River forms here a broad embayment, the damming of which was easily accomplished, and one of the best of water-privileges was thus obtained. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 The Gulf of Mexico again covered the Mississippi embayment, reaching as far north as southern Illinois, and extended over Texas. The Elements of Geology The coarser stones, however, either remain at the foot of the cliff until they are beaten to pieces, or are driven along the shore until they find some embayment into which they enter. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography It also forms a great embayment up the Mississippi Valley as far as the Ohio River, and it extends along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico to the Rio Grande. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America |
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