英语词汇“tide、rip”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

tide-rip

释义

ˈtide-rip
[f. tide n. 7 + rip n.⁵ 1.]
1. A commotion of the sea caused by opposing currents, or by a rapid current passing over an uneven bottom.
1830N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 518 We are now on George's Bank, and surrounded with tide-rips, having precisely the appearance of those at the mouth of a river.1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea §752 Tide-rips present their most imposing aspect in the equatorial regions.1875R. F. Burton Gorilla L. (1876) I. 2 When the current, setting to the north-west, meets a strong sea-breeze from the west, there is a criss-cross, a tide-rip.
2. A tidal wave or current.
1903Blackw. Mag. Mar. 380/1 It was known as Fort Comosun or ‘Rush of Waters’ after the tide-rip that races up the Victoria arm.1904Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 5/2 A tidal wave—a ‘tide rip’, as the sailors call it, because they can see it approaching like a ripple on a smooth sea—is a disturbance on the surface of the ocean depending entirely on the influence of the moon.

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