| 单词 | death wave |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath wave death wave n. a particularly large and dangerous sea wave; a potentially deadly tidal wave. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > unusually large sea1582 tenth wave1585 sea-mountain1694 mountain wave1696 seventh wave1759 death wave1832 fluctuosity1850 Spanish wave1852 ranger1891 1832 G. Griffin Invasion II. xxvii. 127 ‘To the shore,’ he shouted aloud, and waved his hand as he approached. ‘To the shore, at once, for your lives! It is the Death-Wave!’ 1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 103 About one in every nine is more boisterous..than the rest: this the fishermen call ‘the death wave’. 1886 J. Milne Earthquakes 171 Phenomena..on the Wexford coast..popularly known as ‘death waves’, probably in consequence of the lives which have been lost by these sudden inundations. 1995 Amer. Scientist July 333/3 Reports refer to them as meteorological tsunamis in Japan, death waves in Ireland,..seebärs in the Baltic. < as lemmas |
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