| 单词 | neap tide |
| 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 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 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 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 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 It is dependent on good weather, neap tides and flight permits. Sala pilot search to start next week 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z "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 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. 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 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 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 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 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" 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 water rises fifty feet with the spring tides, and twenty-five with neap tides. The Man Who Laughs 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 Unfortunately, the day proved very rough; and it was little better than a neap tide. Men of Invention and Industry 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 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 “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 On our west coast the neap tides ran as high as sixty feet. The Jacket (Star-Rover) So we have spring tides regularly once a fortnight, with neap tides in between. Pioneers of Science |
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