单词 | storm-wave |
释义 | > as lemmasstorm-wave storm-wave n. an abnormally heavy wave due to cyclonic disturbance which rolls across the ocean and frequently causes the inundation of low-lying coast lands; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > storm storm-wave1839 1839 D. Milne in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 14 486 This storm-wave (for such it may not improperly be termed) moved..through the Atlantic in a N.NE. direction. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iv. 120 Her bosom would heave with a great storm-wave of passionate emotion. < as lemmas |
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