单词 | shoaly |
例句 | Then the only way we could get off was down over a rough, shoaly slough, where she went like a bucking broncho. The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy They swung round a point and threaded the channel that led among the shoaly waters of Musky Bay. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code The island was very large, rocky, and thickly wooded, and the coast was rocky too, and the water very shoaly, which made me understand how difficult landing must have been in the stormy weather. Marjorie Swamps would, perhaps, better describe these shoaly sheets of water, which in summer so swarm with mosquitoes that deer and even the natives sometimes die from their attacks. From Paris to New York by Land An inlet or shoaly arm of the sea into which a river or rivers empty, and subject to tidal influence. 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. Squat to the water, belching black smoke, her engines wheezing and repining, unwieldy of management, her bottom scraping every hummock of sand in all the shoaly Roads—ah, she was ugly and courageous! The Long Roll Wind, rain, roily, shoaly seas breaking clear over the ship across decks drove Cook out from land to deeper water. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward The Desmoines, he adds, is about eighty yards wide where the Little Sioux river approaches it: it is shoaly, and one of its principal branches is called Cat river. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. The reef on the west side extends nearly to both extremes with breaks in it, through which boats may pass with safety, but within the reef it is in general very shoaly. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) This is not occasioned by shallow water, as this channel is very deep, only that on the Egyptian side it is somewhat shoaly close to the shore. 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 Following down the Peace, some shoaly places were met with in the afternoon, the banks being low, sandy and uniform, with open woods to the south. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Yes ma'am the river is pretty shoaly right there. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 The watchful hero felt the knocks, and found The tossing vessel sail'd on shoaly ground. The Aeneid English While this conversation continued, they reached the shoaly inlet under the flower-laden beech. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books A varied and attractive picture this, with the turquoise-blue of the deep water, the purple and leek-green tints of the shoaly and sandy little port, and the tawny shore dotted by six distinct palm-tufts. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Adj. shallow, slight, superficial; skin deep, ankle deep, knee deep; just enough to wet one's feet; shoal, shoaly†. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Both species are exceedingly numerous throughout the Amazons and its larger tributaries, but they are nowhere more plentiful than in the shoaly water at the mouth of the Tocantins, especially in the dry season. The Naturalist on the River Amazons We passed two nights at anchor in shoaly water off the beach. The Naturalist on the River Amazons As we approached the island, numbers of the animals were seen coming to the surface to breathe, in a small shoaly bay. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The river had now sunk to its lowest point, and numbers of fresh-water dolphins were rolling about in shoaly places. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Our men strove in vain to gain the harbour; the wind overtook us, and we cast anchor in three fathoms, with two miles of shoaly water between us and the land on our lee. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The numbers of turtles which were seen swimming in quiet shoaly bays passed on the road, also gave us much amusement. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The wind had abruptly ceased, giving place to light puffs from the eastern shore, and leaving a long swell rolling into the shoaly bay. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The distance between Point Cururu and Santarem was accomplished in three days, against the same difficulties of contrary and furious winds, shoaly water, and rocky coasts. The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
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