单词 | ocean wave |
释义 | > as lemmasocean wave ocean wave n. (a) a wave of the ocean; (b) [rhyming slang] , a shave. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > billow or sea-wave ytheOE bearc1300 walmc1325 borec1330 float1477 walla1500 billow1552 ocean wave1590 translation wave1838 billowlet1867 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > cutting or shaving > act of > a shave shave1838 scrape1859 ocean wave1928 wet shave1976 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X4v The Ocean waues. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 539 Where bounds were set To darkness, such as bound the Ocean wave . View more context for this quotation 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. iv. 655 The ocean-waves, which the earthquake, if submarine, may produce, have an actual forward impulse. 1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May 287/2 Ocean waves [sic], shave. 1934 John o' London's Weekly 9 June 353/1 I 'as my ocean wave an' when I've got my mince-pie properly open I goes down the apples and pears. 1991 Sci. Amer. Apr. 44/3 Surfers gain speed by riding ocean waves. < as lemmas |
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