acqua altan.

Brit.

/ˌakwə ˈaltə/, U.S.

/ˌɑkwə ˈɑltə/

Inflections: Plural acque alte.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian acqua alta.

Etymology: < Italian acqua alta high tide (1770 or earlier in a Venetian context) < acqua water (see aquarelle n.) + alta , feminine of alto high (see alto n.²).In plural form acque alte after the Italian plural form.

In Venice: an exceptionally high tide which periodically floods the city.

ΚΠ

1908 H. F. Brown tr. P. Molmenti Venice III. i. iv. 97 Another curious sight in Venice was the acqua alta, when the tide, under the blast of the scirocco, invaded the low-lying quarters of the city.

1968 Times 6 Mar. 6/4 What is alarming is not so much the occasional violence as the increasing frequency of the acqua alta.

1996 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Sept. (Travel section) 1 We went to midnight mass at San Marco, which overflowed with women in furs and men in suits, despite the acqua alta seeping under the doors.

2004 R. C. Davis & G. R. Marvin Venice, Tourist Maze viii. 190 Despite their disruption and destructiveness, the acque alte are also famously popular with foreign visitors to the city.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acqua alta
释义	acqua altan. Brit. /ˌakwə ˈaltə/, U.S. /ˌɑkwə ˈɑltə/ Inflections: Plural acque alte. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian acqua alta. Etymology: < Italian acqua alta high tide (1770 or earlier in a Venetian context) < acqua water (see aquarelle n.) + alta , feminine of alto high (see alto n.²).In plural form acque alte after the Italian plural form. In Venice: an exceptionally high tide which periodically floods the city. ΚΠ 1908 H. F. Brown tr. P. Molmenti Venice III. i. iv. 97 Another curious sight in Venice was the acqua alta, when the tide, under the blast of the scirocco, invaded the low-lying quarters of the city. 1968 Times 6 Mar. 6/4 What is alarming is not so much the occasional violence as the increasing frequency of the acqua alta. 1996 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Sept. (Travel section) 1 We went to midnight mass at San Marco, which overflowed with women in furs and men in suits, despite the acqua alta seeping under the doors. 2004 R. C. Davis & G. R. Marvin Venice, Tourist Maze viii. 190 Despite their disruption and destructiveness, the acque alte are also famously popular with foreign visitors to the city. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1908
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