tidal wave
n.潮汐波,浪潮
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tidal wave为短语/超纲词汇
tidal wave
1 great ocean wave, eg one caused by an earthquake 潮波; 海啸.
2 ~ (of sth) (fig 比喻) great wave of popular enthusiasm, indignation, etc 公众热情、愤恨等的浪潮; 热潮; 怒潮
*carried along on a tidal wave of hysteria 受歇斯底里狂热的裹挟.
tidal wave
'tidal wave
n[C]
a very large ocean wave that flows over the land and destroys things
a very large amount of a particular kind of feeling or activity happening at one time
tidal wave of
a tidal wave of crime
Voters were swept away on a tidal wave of enthusiasm.
1. Earthquakes, floods, forest fires, tidal waves, tornadoes — all these and many other disasters too — mean pain and distress for the victims. 地震、水灾、森林火灾、海啸、飓风——所有这些及其它灾难对受害者都意味着痛苦与不幸。
2. By working at tremendous speed, the men managed to get the dish on to dry land before the wave returned. 工人们动作迅速,终于赶在那股大浪返回之前把盘子拽到了岸上。
3. Water streamed in torrents over its sides with such force that it set up a huge wave in the canal. 波浪从盘子两侧急涌而出,在运河里掀起一股大浪。
4. The wave swept over the deck. 海浪冲刷着甲板。
5. The tidal wave obliterated several island villages. 这次海啸吞没了好几个海岛村落。
6. The basic features include a crest (the highest point of the wave), 它们的基本特征包括浪峰(波浪的最高点)、
7. The apparatus thus described, however, records only the horizontal component of the wave movement, which is, in fact, much more complicated. 然而,这里所说的仪器记录下来的只是地震波运动中的水平部分,地震波的运动实际比这要复杂得多。
8. The third, or main wave, is the slowest and has travelled round the earth through the surface rocks. 第三种波,即主波,是最慢的,是围绕地球通过表面岩石传来的。
9. There was a danger that the wave would rebound off the other side of the bank and send the dish plunging into the water again. 但是当波浪从河对岸折回来时,就有再次把盘子拖进水里的危险。
10. The poor record of survival, plus public reaction against the media´s use of heart transplants for publicity (and perhaps also entertainment), gave rise to a wave of anti-transplant feelings both in and outside the medical profession. 由于手术后病人存活时间短,加之公共舆论反对新闻界利用心脏移植来进行宣传(甚至娱乐),所以,医学界内外掀起了一股反对心脏移植的浪潮。
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