| 单词 | surge |
| 释义 | surge (once / 326 pages) vn A surge is a sudden strong swelling, like a tsunami wave that engulfs the land. Although a surge offers a fluid image, anything can experience a sudden surge, including emotions, political support, or an angry mob. The original Latin word surgere, meaning “to spring up or rise,” serves as the basis for the word surge, which refers to a great sudden growth or swelling. If you are watching a sad movie and you experience a sudden surge of emotion, do you quietly reach for a tissue, pretend something's in your eye, or simply weep and sob with reckless abandon. Yeah, me too. Christmas shopping can be dangerous when there is a surge of interest in one toy and desperate shoppers surge into stores trying to grab it up. WORD FAMILYsurge: resurge, surged, surges, surging+/resurge: resurged, resurgent, resurges, resurging/resurgence: resurgences/resurgent: resurgence/surging: surginger, surgingly USAGE EXAMPLESBut the number of U.S. cases of measles is now surging. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The 2016 French Open champion saved three set points to surge ahead and broke Stosur twice early in the second set. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Carter jumped up, his body surging with adrenaline; the returner did not. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1v rise and move, as in waves or billows The army surged forward Syn|Hyper billow, heave blow up, inflate fill with gas or air 2v rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave the boats surged Syn|Hyper scend arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise move upward 3v rise or move forward surging waves Syn|Ant|Hyper tide ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out flow back or recede course, feed, flow, run move along, of liquids 4v rise rapidly Syn|Hypo|Hyper soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom billow, wallow rise up as if in waves cloudbillow up in the form of a cloud arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise move upward 5v see one's performance improve He levelled the score and then surged ahead Hyper ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better 6n a large sea wave Syn|Hyper billow moving ridge, wave one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) 7n a sudden forceful flow Syn|Hypo|Hyper rush, spate, upsurge debris storm, debris surge the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building onrusha forceful forward rush or flow flow, flowing the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) 8n a sudden or abrupt strong increase stimulated a surge of speculation Syn|Hyper upsurge increase, step-up the act of increasing something |
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