Waterfall

(noun.) a steep descent of the water of a river.

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• You will find him at Dunkeld; gentle and tractable he wanders up the hills, and through the wood, or sits listening beside the waterfall. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最后一個人.
• If a waterfall is convenient, air is compressed by the body of descending water, and used to ventilate tunnels, and deep shafts and mines, or drive the drills or other tools. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
• The most tremendous waterfall in our country is Niagara Falls, which every minute hurls millions of gallons of water down a 163-foot precipice. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• Like a shimmering waterfall turned to burnished metal by a dying sun it fell about her oval face; in waving lines, below her waist it tumbled. 埃德加·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• A waterfall, or a rapid stream, is a great asset to any community, and for this reason should be carefully guarded. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• To all the coal-fields and all the waterfalls Faraday had directly hitched the wheels of industry. 弗蘭克·劉易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
• The application of the power of waterfalls to the generation of electricity is rapidly extending, and promises to become a great source of mechanical power in the future. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.

編輯:菲利普