| 单词 | breakers ahead! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBreakers ahead! 5. A heavy ocean-wave which breaks violently into foam against a rocky coast or in passing over reefs or shallows. Breakers ahead! ‘the common pass-word to warn the officer of broken water in the direction of the course’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > breaker sea-breach1620 flash1627 breaker1684 whitecap1773 outbreaker1801 comber1840 pounder1927 shore break1962 1684 I. Mather Ess. Illustrious Provid. (1856) 43 If the Providence of God had not by the breakers given them timely warning they had been dashed to pieces. 1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. lix. 397 When there is any sea, the breakers are visible. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xvi. 378 A wave produced by an earthquake..the water retiring first, and then returning in a mountainous breaker. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 4 Along that breaker-beaten coast. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 30 Till hard upon the cry of ‘breakers’ came The crash of ruin. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia 3 Suddenly we heard a shout of ‘Breakers ahead!’ and every one turned pale. < as lemmas |
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