| 单词 | foreland |
| 例句 | We others cut down timber on the foreland, on a high point, and built his pyre of logs, then stood by weeping while the flame burnt through corse and equipment. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He sent a foreland long beyond the baseline, giving Tiafoe the win. Tiafoe moves on after delayed match, will face Kyrgios in Citi Open quarterfinal 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The western edge of the basin, which has about 4,500 m of Mesozoic rock alone, is a foreland basin. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z While foreland basins may occur at subduction zones, they are most commonly found at collision boundaries. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The area that the meteorite struck was the North Alpine foreland basin, a low point in Earth’s surface where a package of sediments was being deposited and, over geologic timescales, compressed into rock. Catastrophe by Mail 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z By their latitude at this time they were near Amsterdam Island, on which is that cape or foreland since so well known to whalers as Hakluyt’s Headland. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z These forelands also offer in course of time an opportunity for endiking and reclamation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z A foreland basin is caused by the mass of the volcanic range depressing the crust on either side. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A foreland basin is a feature that develops near mountain belts, as the combined mass of the mountains forms a depression in the lithospheric plate. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z And with the flickering winds, that lightly struck The desert dust, then sprang again in air, They passed athwart the foreland of the north. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z So in another hour the opposite foreland was attained, and from its crest I saw, all along the northern horizon, the snowy wall of the Pyrenees. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Now fleets below a tranc�d moorland, A sweep of glimmering immobility; Now craggy cliff and dented foreland Pass back and there beyond unfolds the sea. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z A great table-topped rock rose suddenly out of a low foreland to an altitude of about six hundred feet. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Now fleets below a tranc�d moorland, A sweep of glimmering immobility; Now craggy cliff and dented foreland Pass back and there beyond unfolds the sea. The Three Hills And other Poems 2011-07-07T02:00:25.437Z We passed within a very short distance of the Cape, a bold bluff foreland, but not of any considerable height. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z We coasted slowly along, rounding several tall forelands, some of them piled up by the hand of nature in the most fantastic shapes. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Despite this exact statement, de Saussure failed to connect large boulders found in the foreland of the mountains to the glaciers of the Alps. The discovery of the ruins of ice: The birth of glacier research 2011-01-04T16:15:44.097Z Far past the distant giant foreland point was an orange-coloured sail showing like a delicate edge of cloud over the edge of the blue, lens-like rim of the sea. A Marriage at Sea Promontories, forelands, capes, headlands, breakers, and shoals are veritable constructions. Toilers of the Sea A noble beach of white sand fringes the bay from the town to the foreland of Alminàr. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Of course in April the ice and snow are still deep over the bays and forelands of Labrador and northern Newfoundland. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North The flood-theory worked lesser to explain the rocks in the foreland of the Alps - to transport such boulders the flood had to reach 1000s of meters in height and cover entire mountains. The discovery of the ruins of ice: The birth of glacier research 2011-01-04T16:15:44.097Z Here, from the forelands of the tideless sea, Behold and take my offering unadorned. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) Foreland after foreland came into view and disappeared. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba “Here away, sir,” with a wave of his paw, “just clear of that bluff foreland where the gap opens with the Blue Mountain.” Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life When the swan for warmer forelands Leaves the sea-firth’s icebound edge, When the gray geese from the morelands Cleave the clouds in noisy wedge, Woodlands stand in frozen chains, Hung with ropes of solid rains. Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature It is nearly the same with headland, only that forelands usually form the extremes of certain lines of sea-coast. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Within this rocky foreland lie two bays, sweet coverlets of blue waters, washing a shingly shore under shelter of dark cliffs. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Soon the Ranger swept round a foreland and boldly entered the river Dee, where the anchor was dropped. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba And can you not see how the shape of the cloud lends itself to the fancy of jutting capes and forelands, of gulfs and sounds and estuaries? Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess Even Queen Elizabeth, of England, sent Frobisher on a voyage of discovery, but he only discovered a foreland and tons of mica, which he mistook for golden ore. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Countisbury Foreland stands high to the east of the harbour and stretches far out into the sea, and between the foreland and the mainland is another long, steep, winding cleft. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts A tide at the making licked ardently upon sand-spits strewn with ware, and at the forelands, overhung by harsh and stunted seaside shrubs, the breakers rose tumultuous. Doom Castle Up anchor at once, and we sail round the foreland yonder till we can open out the other valley and the river’s mouth twenty miles along the coast. Fitz the Filibuster The sun had long set behind the western foreland ere we caught ahead of us the roar of the surf on the bar which lay across the river’s mouth. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess They reached a part of the cliffs where a low wall divided the foreland from an old churchyard which was fast crumbling into the sea. The Shrieking Pit It came at last to denote any ness or foreland; but was originally the name of a sacred hill, and of the pillar which was placed upon it. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Watchett town was not to be seen, on account of a little foreland, a mile or more upon my course, and standing to the right of me. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor The coast was steep, consisting of red rock, without foreland, of the same height almost everywhere, and impossible to touch at owing to the breakers. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 We found the coast very precipitous, without any foreland or inlets. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century With many a curve my banks I fret, By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. The Art of Public Speaking Yet we had kept well away from the forelands, lest we should make it too plain where we were going. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut Antoine was turned out of the cottage, lest the sight of him should excite her again, and he marched away across the low rocks to his own home on the solitary foreland. A Loose End and Other Stories With many a curve my bank I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-wood and mallow. New National Fourth Reader Belgium commands the main outlet of Western German trade, is the natural foreland of the empire, and has been conquered with untold sacrifice of blood and treasure. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 There were clumps of evergreens about, tall cedars, a bit of bushy foreland, and a stretch of snow. The Younger Set With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor He marched on, possessed with a feeling that it was Geoffroi whom he was going to seek, towards the projecting foreland that shut in the village on the east. A Loose End and Other Stories The Cape-of-Storms is proof to every throe; Vainly against that foreland beat Wild winds aloft and wilder waves below: The black cliffs gleam through rents in sleet When the livid Antarctic storm-clouds glow. John Marr and Other Poems Besides being the southernmost, it is a promontory making like a foreland, and sloping very gradually as it runs towards the sea, where it ends in a perpendicular cliff. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 The foreland was clearly visible, with the high woods which clothed its summit. Kimono The Cape-of-Storms is proof to every throe; Vainly against that foreland beat Wild winds aloft and wilder waves below: The black cliffs gleam through rents in sleet When the livid Antarctic storm-clouds glow. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War Every now and then a vessel might be seen making her silent way round the foreland, her form gradually lessening, till at last it was entirely lost in the distance. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 543, Saturday, April 21, 1832. Aloof they crown the foreland lone, From aloft they loftier rise— Fair columns, in the aureole rolled From sunned Greek seas and skies. John Marr and Other Poems The Danish men had sorrow of soul, and for Scyldings all, for many a hero, ’twas hard to bear, ill for earls, when Aeschere’s head they found by the flood on the foreland there. Beowulf The forests, the crags, and the forelands, Grew sweet with the stars after raining; But out in the north-lying moorlands, I heard the lone plover complaining. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens He strode out into the night and toward the forelands, his ears guided by the monotonous crash and moan of the long Atlantic swell. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Rounded now Was Lecton's foreland, where is the last peak Of Ida. The Fall of Troy I remember it was a lovely evening, and in the clear fragrant gloaming every foreland of the Berg stood out like a great ship above the dark green sea of the bush. Prester John We coasted slowly along, rounding several tall forelands, some of them piled up by the hand of nature in the most fantastic shapes, until about the fall of night. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society Fierce breath hath vexed the foreland's face, It glistens, glooms, and glistens; But deep within this quiet place Sweet Illa lies and listens. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Ferrall, busily energetic, and in high spirits, greeted them gaily, pointing out the red disc bearing their number, seven, where it stood out distinctly above the distant scrub of the foreland. The Fighting Chance And to anybody coming up, and ten times to a stranger, this resolute foreland offers more invitation to go home again, than to come visiting. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War And being quite the elbow of a foreland of the meadow-reach, it yielded almost a "bird's-eye view" of the beautiful glade and the wandering brook. Erema — My Father's Sin Beach, sand, headland, foreland, shelf, reef, breaker, bar, bank, ledge, shoal, spit, sound, race, reach, are words of Northern origin. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 The forelands are fiery with foam Where often and often he roved; He sleeps in the sight of the home That he built by the waters he loved. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. Evolution of Expression — Volume 1 The ship that carried the Borrows was old and crazy, constantly missing stays and shipping seas, until it seemed that only by a miracle she escaped "from being dashed upon the foreland." The Life of George Borrow Black piers with crust of dripping green, One foreland, like a hand, O'er intervals of grass between Dim lonely dunes of sand. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, that I were the man I was when I ruled among the Cephallenians, and took Nericum, that strong fortress on the foreland. The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original The sea, flying white through the rack and the rain, Leapeth wild at the forelands; And the plover, whose cry is like passion with pain, Complains in the moorlands. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader And so they three departed thence and rode forth as fast as ever they might till that they came to the foreland of that mount. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 |
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