| 单词 | slack water |
| 例句 | That there was slack water immediately below the bridge, with a low, shelving bank where they could get out easily? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His arms felt drained, and he wasn’t sure he could make them do what he wanted them to do when the slack water came. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z On April 8 he ran another time trial in slack water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z To enter the upper reaches of the river, the crew was obliged to wait for the onset of “slack water,” or a brief period of time when the river’s outflow matches the tide’s inflow. A different kind of coasting: Maine to Canada via the Bay of Fundy and St. John River 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z It was 4:30 a.m., the air as still as slack water: a great time to be in Panama City. Explorer: At the End of Eden, Rustic Tranquillity 2013-09-12T16:37:46Z However, the time of slack water was before sunrise, so the crew accomplished this feat half asleep. A different kind of coasting: Maine to Canada via the Bay of Fundy and St. John River 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The juveniles had trouble reaching the net, getting lost in the reservoir’s slack waters without a strong current to pull them. Is it worth sacrificing a healthy river to help preserve a safe planet? 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Prospectors’ eyes are trained to look for opportunity: Eddies, abrupt shifts in direction caused by downed trees, and slack water “drop-out zones,” where gold, 19 times heavier than water, will fall as flow slows. Modern-day prospectors take notice as raging California rivers replenish historic Gold Rush spots 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Olys are picky about where they live, preferring slack water and areas fed by creeks and streams. The tiny but mighty Olympia oyster regains a foothold in Washington waters 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The eight large dams along the Snake and Columbia rivers created 325 miles of slack water in reservoirs. How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’ 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Temperatures climbed in the slack water pools behind the Columbia River to the point where an estimated 250,000 sockeye salmon died before they could reach their spawning grounds. Bonneville, the Northwest’s biggest clean-power supplier, faces promise and perils in changing energy markets 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z We baited up, dropped our herring into slack water— two ghosts fishing for anything but whales. “Ambition” 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z You’ll get a good look at boats passing under the bridge — a challenge for skippers who don’t wait for slack water between tidal changes. In winter, lowland hikes beckon — and Deception Pass delivers 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z To make all this more manageable, ships the size of the T Roosevelt have only been cleared to enter Kill Van Kull within an hour of slack water, when the tidal stream is most calm. New York to Welcome Supersize Cargo Ship Into its Waters 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z “Especially in the late afternoon in the slack water.” Miracle of midges: tiny insects play big role in trout diet 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z The dredging is part of a $16 million plan to deal with sediment that forms in slack water created by the four lower Snake River dams. Dredging work finished on Snake and Clearwater rivers 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z He doesn't need to calculate when the tide will turn and where he'll find slack water. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z A strong swimmer could easily cross there at slack water, in spite of the low temperature of the strait. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Under the constitution the general government has exclusive maritime jurisdiction, and can make canals and slack water navigation. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z With the ebb it is nearly slack water, or perhaps there is a slight tendency towards the west; and such appears to be the case all along this coast, from Christmas Sound. 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 The bed of the river was also surveyed to ascertain the expediency of making a slack water navigation by means of one or more dams or locks. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z Lash′er, the slack water collected above a weir in a river. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z There were still five miles to go to reach the camping ground Blackmore had decided upon, half way down the east side of Kinbasket Lake, just below Middle River—slack water all the way. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The word "lasher" is obsolete almost everywhere else in England, and even to the Oxford mind it describes the lashing overflow rather than the lache or slack water above. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z A favourable moment was seized, the boats were again sent a-head; and, by great exertions, we were towed out of the influence of the tide, and then waited for the time of slack water. 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 A new course, with less slack water in it, will hardly bear close comparison with an old one as to time. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The following year may be fairly taken as representing the half-hour of slack water before the ebb begins; but in 1695 it was plain to every one that the tide was running out. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z Not that I needed such a warning, for the first thing I did was to start pulling up-stream in the slack water; but, all the same, it was a distinct compliment to have it omitted. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z He had recognized the period of slack water. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z At slack water the wind fell, and as the weather became fine, I was induced to search for anchorage near the south shore. 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 Then we loaded our boats, and, by warping and towing, we, by degrees, hauled them to a place where there is slack water, just above the dangerous place. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Methodically the two subs went about their preparations, for there was as yet an hour and a half before slack water. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Between the windings of the river and several considerable stretches of slack water, however, our progress was less than anticipated. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z In less than half an hour they gained the slack water of the little bay, and M'Kinlay, gathering himself up, asked if they were nigh land. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z She had remained close to the bank, out of reach of the strong central current, and now lay almost motionless, because she had reached the slack water where the river commenced its eastward bend. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Five minutes later they were in slack water, and speedily thereafter the boat ran aground. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z The tide had ceased rising, it being that time known as "slack water," when the capstan-bars were brought into use, and every member of the party exerted all his strength in the effort. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z “Then please tell me why what I knows is a ten-mile-an-hour current looks to me like slack water, and why I think I hear a roar coming round the next bend.” Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z In slack water you will have to keep moving your set as the water rises and falls. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. Heavy skies came on, giving the slack waters a leaden look. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday The strength of the tide would diminish in less than an hour, and it might be possible to maneuver in the slack water for a comparatively safe berth. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z If the calm held on and the sky remained unobscured by cloud, by eleven there would be clear moonlight and, if he guessed aright, the beginning of a period of slack water. The Destroying Angel These, beginning at the end of a stretch of slack water several miles below Beverly, continue for eleven miles. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z And it was slack water in the minds of men floating on that dark and sinister harbour. Command The boat, slowly worked in towards The Pigeons, lays to a few strokes off on the slack water. When Ghost Meets Ghost It was scarcely perceptible at first, but growing rapidly, it quickly robbed the tide of his satisfaction of quite half its strength, and came near to reducing it to the condition of slack water. The Law-Breakers It frequently causes a mine-field to be quite harmless to passing surface craft except during the period of slack water between tides. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships That this proved to be the slack water behind the crumbling city dump could not be helped. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The pilot found his way without any chart through a maze of slack water and blind channels hidden among the islands. Young Alaskans in the Far North Regularly, every slack water, without slyness, boldly and openly in the broad day, Big Alec was to be seen running his line. Tales of the Fish Patrol They rested, drifting slowly across the slack water. The Black Buccaneer It was slack water now, and the wharf seemed high, and the landing-stage altogether too steep and slippery. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls I just threw in over in that slack water—baited with a piece of grouse, you know, not having anything else—and pretty soon he nailed it. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies The boats, however, were rowed in slack water across above these big falls, then took two fast chutes upon the farther side. Young Alaskans in the Far North While waiting for slack water, in which to lift their heavy nets from the bed of the bay, the Chinese had all gone to sleep below. Tales of the Fish Patrol There was no hurry, the moon not rising for an hour yet, and it was useless to arrive at the Kills before the time of slack water. The Doomsman It has also been suggested to improve the river Raisin by locks and slack water navigation. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West But soon the long reach of slack water was passed. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies The boat swung out from the bank, and under the sweeps made straight out midstream, where the black object now bobbed at the edge of the slack water. Young Alaskans in the Far North The baffling of Fate's purpose leads to a condition in life like the "slack water" between tides. William Shakespeare Apparently Rix was impressing upon the man that he must clear the anchor at slack water, which occurred at a quarter to five. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Also, a period of necessary labour on a ship during the ebbing and slack water of a tide. 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. Well, I know that there’s a good deal of slack water for quite a way below here. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies He was in the slack water of the soul, when the ebb is spent, before the tide has begun to flow. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 “Way enough!” shouted Mr Jellaby; and, by an adroit turn of the tiller, the boat’s nose shoved in under her lee to port into the slack water made by her hull. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant It was a very different business from the navigation in the slack waters of the bayous. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Ruth, let us get the net and put it right across the creek as soon as it is slack water. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 It was just seven by my watch when we weighed and started for home, so as to make the worst of the Strom at slack water, which we knew would be at eight. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Nothing, however, could induce the fish to come into the moderately slack water where gaffing would have been an easy matter. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler In the first watch the wind was north and northeast, with slack water in 15, 14, 17, 19 and 20 fathoms. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 At the head of the island, which is surrounded by the rapids, exactly where the waters divide to run on each side of it, there is a small triangular portion of still or slack water. Diary in America, Series One We made use of a slack water on our side, and another behind a sandy reed-covered island half-way across to make up our leeway. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah Even if it was slack water they would. Sonnie-Boy's People The boat was moving very slowly, drifting lazily across a bit of slack water that had backed into the mouth of a wide coulee. Prairie Flowers There was greater danger now, because it happened to be near the turn of the tide, or “slack water,” so that the rudder could not be used to advantage. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Before Ian has time to recover from his agony of alarm, and dip the sculls, it bumps again and slews to the left; a third favouring bump sends it back into the slack water. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Down, sir, very soon; but it’s now slack water. Jacob Faithful After drifting for half a mile along the edge of the forest, we found ourselves in slack water, in which we lay, neither advancing nor receding. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco With a light wind and in the slack water of the ebb the most that can be done is not to go to leeward. Priscilla's Spies There’s hardly a chance of getting into slack water in a river like this: it all goes along with a rush.” Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco If we wait till the tide’s at its lowest it will be slack water, and we shall get no help. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap "You can haul the trap at slack water this afternoon," the director said. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries There was no slack water separating the end of the rapid we left from the beginning of this one so obscurely situated. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Bridges which might have been lost in a smaller flood like that of 1902 were actually standing in slack water by the time the mountain torrents appeared in force. The Passaic Flood of 1903 Wherever the shore bends, the current, when strong, keeps straight on across the slack water till it hits the bend. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Smaller up-bound boats hugged the banks in search of slack water. Raftmates A Story of the Great River I thoroughly understood and appreciated the necessity for waiting, before crossing the fjord, for that moment when the sea at its highest point is in a state of slack water. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth The chief objection to their use, that—from not dipping into the slack water near the bed—they moved too quickly, was thus for the first time removed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 The Havana was headed out to sea when she was captured, and in the slack water she had not drifted at all. On The Blockade The sight of the bear reminded Oo-koo-hoo of an experience some friends of his once had with a black bear; and when we reached slack water he told it to me. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure She drove far up the beach, with the slack water breaking around her scarred stern, and when the tide ebbed she lay high and dry. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Even the smallest of these brooks is influenced by the tide, so that at the two periods of slack water there is no perceptible stream. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 We had been pulling against slack water all day, water so slack you could dip your hand down and fail to tell which way the current ran. The Canadian Commonwealth I was very fond of skating, and in the winter about which I am speaking, the slack water of the river opposite our house was beautifully frozen over. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie On days when the tide was not so low he could come up all right, even at "slack water." Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's As the tide along the Maine coast is quite strong, the fishermen usually haul their pots at or about slack water, low tide generally being preferred when they are worked once a day. The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 Good bye! — it's pretty nigh slack water, I guess — you'll go home easy. Hills of the Shatemuc Then she saw him pick up a small piece of board from the flooring of the boat and try to paddle back into the slack water. Carette of Sark It was at the time of the slack water at the top of high tide now, and we found Dalfin and Gerda waiting with Phelim and another of the brothers at the flat rock. A Sea Queen's Sailing Although Lane pulled a powerful stroke, when he got out of the slack water into the current, so swift was it that the boat sheered abruptly and went down stream with a sweep. The Day of the Beast And then, with a final wrestle, they were in slack water, and she loosed her hold and struck out alongside him. Pearl of Pearl Island Each morning a thin film of ice was to be seen along the edges of the slack water. The Silent Places Bob noticed the slack water a mile or so above the jam. The Rules of the Game The character of all these streams is the same—slack water of moderate depth alternating with rapids. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler We left Walton by the fire and crossing the river in the slack water, went up to where the other boys were standing, wet and sorry-looking, say-that all was gone and lost. Death Valley in '49 We passed through several tide races; not, however, feeling their full force, owing to our encountering them at the time of slack water. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. 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. While waiting for slack water, in which to lift their heavy nets from the bed of the bay, the Chinese had all gone to sleep below. Tales of the Fish Patrol Inside the tub it is always slack water, so whatever falls there stays there. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage The coves and hollows were better wooded and there were some stretches of slack water. The Long Labrador Trail Toward night we were floating along in a piece of slack water, the river below made a short turn around a high and rocky point almost perpendicular from the water. Death Valley in '49 From the slack water under the cliff we took another look. The Forest The tide circled like a mill-race in and out of this bight, and made it possible to raise, lower, or set a Chinese line only at slack water. Tales of the Fish Patrol A confused sea made me determined at slack water to weigh and run into better anchorage, at half-past 10 A.M. weighed and made sail up under Cape Townsend. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Below Indian House Lake there were only a few short stretches of slack water to relieve the pretty continuous rapids. The Long Labrador Trail Then, very slowly, as the slack water urged it, I saw the red stem-piece of a rather large boat nosing slowly forward apparently from the cliff-face towards the great rock immediately in front of it. Jim Davis Knee-deep, waist-deep, swift water, slack water, downstream, upstream, with red eyes straining into the dimness, with every muscle taut and every nerve quivering, you follow the ripping of your line. The Forest Regularly, every slack water, without slyness, boldly and openly in the broad day, Big Alec was to be seen running his line. Tales of the Fish Patrol We were just poking up the bank in the slack water, a few hundred yards below the billabong, when Jake said, `Why, there's a horse or something in the river.' Children of the Bush To reach the only available landing- place, they must again row up stream in the slack water on the Canadian side, their whole course being thus like the outline of the letter 'N'. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 This should be where the stream will carry away the scraps and not slack water, where they will collect. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns One half of the way was slack water, the other half was broadside on to a stiff current. Travels in West Africa A mile of comparatively slack water brought them out into one of the larger estuaries of the river, and there the long, uphill pull began. The Iron Trail It was just the slack water—the water-shed of the night. The Lilac Sunbonnet There is necessarily a short reach in this passage, where it is always slack water, so far as current is concerned. Jack Tier It was now nearly slack water, on a high flood, and the schooner lay just above the bend of the creek. Manuel Pereira However, I got into the slack water again, by some very showy, high-class steering. Travels in West Africa After much labour the Bruja was finally again placed in the stream, where they waited for slack water, expecting then to ship the rudder. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons At noon we lay becalmed off the lower light-house; and, it being about slack water, we made little progress. Two Years Before the Mast I perfectly understood the necessity of abiding a particular moment of the tide to undertake the crossing of the fiord, when, the sea having reached its greatest height, it should be slack water. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth This is usually practised in the smaller rivers at times of slack water, all the people of a village co-operating. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo One by one the other and smaller boats contrived to get into the slack water of crossing streets, and one was swamped before his eyes. Openings in the Old Trail There were no eddies, no slack water of any kind. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons For nearly two weeks Stephen’s resolution was held motionless, neither advancing nor receding; it was veritably the slack water of her resolution. The Man It was just seven, by my watch, when we weighed and started for home, so as to make the worst of the Str�m at slack water, which we knew would be at eight. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 At noon, we lay becalmed off the lower light-house; and it being about slack water, we made little progress. Two Years Before the Mast "Why, we're going that way ourselves, inside an hour, as soon as slack water comes," he exclaimed. The Valley of the Moon The dining-room was at its slack water, between the ebb of breakfast and before the flow of the preparation for the midday meal. Selected Stories of Bret Harte The third section containing a remainder of about seventy million had by the twenty-sixth of June reached the slack water above the city of Redding. The Riverman |
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