| 单词 | neap |
| 例句 | The neap tide swept us southward, pulling us past the Cape. How this 64-year-old lawyer broke a world record swimming the English Channel 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z "It is dependent on good weather, neap tides and flight permits," Mr Mearns said. Sala pilot search to start next week 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z In the entrance the tide ran five or six knots at the neaps, but inside with only half that rapidity. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z It would not measure more than a league in length, but its breadth varied wonderfully, according as it was seen at high or low water, at spring tide or neap tide. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z On both sides of them stretched rows of chariots, with axles and neaps that terminated in long, curved scythe-blades. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z He rowed Wallace Ross for the championship, over the usual course, and beat him in a common paddle, without being extended, and with wind foul, on a neap tide, in 23 min. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z It is dependent on good weather, neap tides and flight permits. Sala pilot search to start next week 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z In crossing, I found a most rapid tide, at least five or six knots at neap tides, and to pull against it was out of the question. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z During the neap tides, the ship lay wholly aground, the sea not approaching nearer than within a hundred yards of her. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z The astonished priests started forward with a cry of protest, but before they could interfere, the flashing blade fell and the neap of the ancient cart clattered to the stone floor. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It is well known that a gig eight with fixed seats on a good flood could do much faster time than a racing and sliding ship on a neap. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "A good rise and fall for neap tides," remarked one of the men. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Over these in turn were our "neaps," and then our moccasins, laced tightly around our ankles. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z Maseden noticed that the high-water mark fell daily, so he reasoned that the Southern Cross struck during a high spring tide, and that the neap would occur in fourteen days. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z The messages are chiefly received from vessels with cargoes consigned to Sharpness, which in neap tides have often to lie in the roads for days. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone From this it will be seen that there are two spring tides and two neap tides in each twenty-eight days. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. It appears that gales are generally more violent and prolonged when coincident with spring tides than with neaps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" The harbour, in the river mouth, lies immediately north of this; vessels drawing 9 ft. may enter it during neap tides, and those drawing 13 ft. during spring tides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Vessels drawing 20 ft. can enter the new docks at neap tide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" This was occasioned more by the wind remaining very moderate and the neap tides occurring about this time than from any great degree of cold, the thermometer seldom falling below -6° or -7°. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 It was remarked to-day, with no small demonstration of joy, that the tide, being neap, did not, for the first time, overflow the building at high-water. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) The tide was a low neap, and if we wanted a passage dry-shod, it behoved us to wait for at least a week; but neither of us understood the philosophy of neap-tides at the period. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. From the observed heights of spring and neap tides he determined the lunar tide, and thence made an estimate of the mass of the moon. Pioneers of Science When the two conspire, they cause a spring tide; when the solar and lunar tides are opposed, we have the neap tide. The Story of the Heavens All kinds of waves possess more run at spring than at neap tides. A Poor Man's House To build a tower on a sea rock, eleven miles from shore, and barely uncovered at low water of neaps, appeared a fascinating enterprise. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) T' reef's about five feet out o' water at high springs, and about ten feet over surface on t' neaps. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers Now the actual tide observed in mid-Atlantic is at the springs about four feet, at the neaps about two. Pioneers of Science It therefore frequently happened that during neap tides there was not sufficient water over the bars for even the shallowest drafted vessels. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century It was now Thursday and the day after next, or more exactly during the early morning of Friday, they would see the middle of the neaps. Patsy But the tides being neap, the lower parts, particularly where the beams rested on the rock, could not now be seen. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) At neap tides the rock shows only a few black teeth with sea-weed gums above the surface. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories The spring tide is lunar plus solar; the neap tide is lunar minus solar. Pioneers of Science There are two little stars That play at bo-peep With two little fish Far down in the deep; And two little frogs Cry neap, neap, neap; I see a dear baby That should be asleep. The Little Mother Goose The days went slowly for Eben and Stair, who were waiting for the neaps and the coming of the Good Intent. Patsy Sometimes the sun and moon act together, and we have what are called spring tides; sometimes they act against one another, and we have neap tides. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told It is entered by a lock 875 ft. long and 100 ft. wide, with a depth of water on the sill of 46 ft. at ordinary spring, and 36 ft. at ordinary neap tides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" From the observed heights of spring and neap tides he determined the lunar tide, and thence made an estimate of the mass of the moon. Pioneers of Science Over the rabbit pelts I wore my regular woollen socks, duffel neaps, and caribou-skin mitten moccasins. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure No, what I want you to do is to send Whitefoot with a message to my uncle and get the Good Intent here by the next neaps. Patsy Although at neap tide on many occasions I gathered many more, it was more for the beauty of the shells than the flavour of the fish inside them. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles Well, I will here insert an escaped danger that tells its own tale in a sonnet written at the time, the place being Tenby and the sea-anemone caverns there, accessible only at lowest neap tide. My Life as an Author When the two agree, we get a spring tide of four feet; when they oppose each other, we get a neap tide of only two feet. Pioneers of Science But in the season of neap tides enough water is left for them to swim about within the semi-circle of stakes. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 Height of neap and spring tides, at full and change of the moon. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Among other things, Media, who at times turned over Babbalanja for an encyclopaedia, however unreliable, demanded information upon the subject of neap tides and their alleged slavish vassalage to the moon. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The marsh is cut and wasted into little islands covered at every high tide, except, perhaps, the extreme of the neaps. Hills and the Sea Hence the average spring tide is to the average neap as about 7 to 3. Pioneers of Science But when I made this observation it was neap tide. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time About twelve feet was the greatest rise, which I apprehend would be diminished to eight, at the neap tides. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 All these remained with us till the 7th, when we came to anchor at the bar of Surat, in eight 1/4 fathoms at high water, and six 1/2 at neap tides. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The Hormuzeer grounded at low water; from which it appeared that the tide had fallen twelve feet, though then at the neaps. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Hence the highest spring tide is to the lowest neap as 5·9 + 2·1 is to 4·3 -2·1, or as 8 to 2·2. Pioneers of Science The water rises fifty feet with the spring tides, and twenty-five with neap tides. The Man Who Laughs I am not able to speak very accurately of the rise in the tide; but it may be reckoned at twelve or fourteen feet at the neaps, and from seventeen to eighteen at the springs. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 The tide is very irregular in Port Darwin, rising at springs 24 feet, and at neaps sometimes only two; its rate being from one and a half to three knots. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea Swift marching and quick manuvres of the type which gave war some of its old sport and zest; the advance all the while gathering force like the neap tide! My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Every fortnight the two will agree, and you will get spring tides of maximum height CA + AB; every other fortnight the two will oppose, and you will get neap tides of maximum height CA-AB. Pioneers of Science Who is it who sweeps and neaps my cave? Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South According to Mr. Fowler's observations in the basin, it was high water there eight hours after the moon's passage; and the rise at the neaps and springs appeared to be from eight to twelve feet. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 The highest noticed in the Beagle was during the neaps, caused by a strong North-West gale forcing the water into the river. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea Unfortunately, the day proved very rough; and it was little better than a neap tide. Men of Invention and Industry So we have spring tides regularly once a fortnight, with neap tides in between. Pioneers of Science I am a low-caste woman, why do you sweep my courtyard and neap my floor? Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South It increases the depth of water on the bar from a few feet to 22 or 24 ft. at spring tides and to 17 or 18 ft. at neap. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The result of these observations makes the time of high-water at the full and change of the moon 9 hours 36 minutes when the rise of the tide is six feet and three at neaps. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea These are known as "neap" tides, and, as the sun is acting in opposition to the moon, the height of high water is considerably less than at the time of spring tides. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns “Keeping the Gull Lightship east-south-east, and having the South Foreland west by north, you should find six fathoms of water at a neap tide,” muttered Captain Dixon, in a low monotone. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories She used to light them herself and neap the burners with sugar-candy, and on Divali1 Day she used to worship them and make them suitable offerings. Deccan Nursery Tales or, Fairy Tales from the South On our west coast the neap tides ran as high as sixty feet. The Jacket (Star-Rover) Our tidal observation made the time of high-water, at the full and change of the moon, 9 o'clock, when the mean rise at springs was sixteen feet, and at neaps ten. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea These observations show very little difference between the spring and neap tides, and are interesting as indicating the unreliability of basing general deductions upon data obtained during a limited period only. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns Mean high water is, strictly speaking, the average height of all high waters, spring and neap, as ascertained over a long period. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns |
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