Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
It had fought gamely with floods and droughts, with cholera and panics, with desperadoes and with land thieves. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Let, thenthe rains fall, and the floods descend--only I must first get rid of this basket of fruit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Yes, answered Gutenberg, it is in effect a wine-press, but it shall shortly spout forth floods of the most abundant and marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to quench the thirst of man. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Alternate frosts and thaws succeeding to floods, rendered the country impassable. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Fresh floods of tears were now forced out for my aunt Martha; however go she would. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
Fluctuations in the lake due to floods are controlled by an immense spillway dam built of concrete. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
As soon as the news of the arrival of the Union army behind Vicksburg reached the North, floods of visitors began to pour in. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
Instances, also, could be given of this having occurred during floods, without any change of level. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
A gigantic battle against floods and torrents, pestilence and swamps, tropical rivers, jungles and rock-ribbed mountains had been fought--and won! 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
He sought to drown his sorrow for the defeat in floods of beer. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Those surfaces were neither so steep as to be destructible by weather, nor so flat as to be the victims of floods and deposits. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.