| 单词 | return wave |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreturn wave return wave n. a wave which returns or goes backward; spec. †a fast, high sea wave occurring as a result of an earthquake close to the coast, caused by the lifting and subsequent subsidence of the coastal land (cf. tsunami n.) (obsolete). ΚΠ 1833 W. W. Mather Elements Geol. xiii. 92 When Lisbon was destroyed, the return wave was fifty feet in height. 1869 Lancet Oct. 565/1 The echo or return wave was only heard when the greatest possible attention was paid. 1870 M. Ponton Earthquakes & Volcanoes (rev. ed.) ix. 134 Its [sc. the beach's] immediate subsidence..causes the return wave. 1916 M. Grant Passing of Great Race (1917) i. vi. 72 Teutonized by a return wave of military conquest from the tenth century onward. 1992 P. T. Deutermann Scorpion in Sea (1994) xxxvii. 302 Push a sound wave out into the water... The return wave..dissipated with every meter it travelled back from the contact towards the ship. < as lemmas |
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