overfalls
/oh-ver-fawlz/US // ˈoʊ vərˌfɔlz //
跌倒,跌倒了,跌落,瀑布
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Oceanography. water made rough by a strong current moving over a shoal, by an opposing current, or by winds blowing against the current.
- : Obsolete. a cataract or waterfall.
Examples
The merchant ship Lady Elliot in passing through it, found overfalls with eighteen fathoms.
On the easternmost bank were nine fathoms, but on the other we found overfalls between five and seven fathoms.
I have seen these overfalls to come both from the eastward and the westward.
Strong currents producing overfalls, dangerous to small craft.
The river was all swirls and grinding pools, and oily overfalls, and noisy rapids.
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