Yazoo
[jɑ:zu:]
解释:
(noun.) a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg.
整理:辛克莱--From WordNet
例句:
- Steel's Bayou empties into the Yazoo River between Haines' Bluff and its mouth. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The rebel positions were on a bluff on the Yazoo River, some miles above its mouth. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The rebels had obstructed the navigation of Yazoo Pass and the Coldwater by felling trees into them. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Sherman was on the right, and covered the high ground from where it overlooked the Yazoo as far south-east as his troops would extend. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Porter's fleet was on the east side of the river above the mouth of the Yazoo, entirely concealed from the enemy by the dense forests that intervened. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- On the 22d he met Quinby with a brigade at Yazoo Pass. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- And to Blair I wrote: Their design is evidently to cross the Big Black and pass down the peninsula between the Big Black and Yazoo rivers. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The Government had seized the steamer chartered for Brazil, in order to bring troops from the Yazoo River to New Orleans to stop the rioting. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Sherman, and Admiral Porter with the fleet, had withdrawn from the Yazoo. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The 20th and 21st were spent in strengthening our position and in making roads in rear of the army, from Yazoo River or Chickasaw Bayou. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Haines' Bluff, eleven miles from Vicksburg, on the Yazoo River, was strongly fortified. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- It was sent to Mechanicsburg, some miles north-east of Haines' Bluff and about midway between the Big Black and the Yazoo. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- My first anxiety was to secure a base of supplies on the Yazoo River above Vicksburg. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- On the morning of the 27th I ordered him to create a diversion by moving his corps up the Yazoo and threatening an attack on Haines' Bluff. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The Yazoo River leaves the high land a short distance below Haines' Bluff and empties into the Mississippi nine miles above Vicksburg. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
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