Brook

(noun.) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); 'the creek dried up every summer'.

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• Judge my surprise, on finding myself set down at Sir Harry's house in Brook Street, when I thought I was in the New Road. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Such were the singular circumstances in connection with the Resident Patient and the Brook Street Doctor. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• It is true, I gave a little ground at first, for a motley jacket does not brook lance-heads, as a steel doublet will. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• With my pastoral crook I went over the brook, And behold I am spread into bands! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• What would you say if I were to start you in Brook Street? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The Brook Street business. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Henry and she grew slowly into closer intimacy; but neither he nor she were people to brook the slightest notice of their proceedings. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• This was the company of Captain Horace Brooks, of the artillery, acting as infantry. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Brooks and springs formed in this way are constant feeders of rivers and lakes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Over babbling brooks they took impossible leaps, which seemed to keep them whole days suspended in the air. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I explained to Brooks briefly what I had discovered and what I was about to do. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You are Brooks,' said the gentleman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She strayed absorbedly on, over the brooks. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Streams usually carry mud and sand along with them; this is particularly well seen after a storm when rivers and brooks are muddy. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I have not been in the habit of brooking disappointment. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.

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