millrace
/mil-reys/US // ˈmɪlˌreɪs //UK // (ˈmɪlˌreɪs) //
碾米场,碾压,碾盘,碾压法
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
- : the current itself.
Examples
On the starboard quarter they caught a confused rushing noise, like the subdued murmur of a millrace.
Moss and grass on a millwheel in the Midi are no surer signs of abandonment and disuse than a dry millrace.
The crowd caught and bore them both along like chips in a millrace, keeping the interval constant.
Mechanically the lad walked along the millrace, which was made of hewn boards and hollow logs.
The tide was going like a millrace, and the solemn roar of the vast stream made very terrible music in the dark.
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