| 单词 | king tide |
| 释义 | > as lemmasking tide king tide n. originally and chiefly Australian a tide occurring on the days shortly after the new or full moon, in which the high-water level reaches its maximum; a spring tide; also figurative. ΚΠ 1867 Sydney Morning Herald 22 Feb. 2/1 There was conflicting evidence..as to whether a certain patch of land..was ordinarily covered at high water..or only covered a few times a year at ‘king tides’. 1926 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 24 Oct. ii. 4/7 The Pacific's ‘king tide’ had been stayed temporarily by the vehemence of the river current. 1995 Daily Tel. Mirror (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Sept. Now belatedly, with the king tide of public opinion behind the Royal Commission, he thinks it is a wonderful idea. 2007 Independent 16 July 3 (caption) Funafuti island, in Tuvalu is being swamped by ‘king tides’ that have become worse because of global warming. < as lemmas |
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