| 单词 | undertow |
| 释义 | undertow (once / 19157 pages) n If you're nervous about swimming in the ocean, it may be because you were warned as a child about the undertow, or strong current, that might pull you beneath the surface. When lifeguards or nervous parents talk about an undertow, they mean a rip current or rip tide, a channel that can form between breaking waves and has been known to pull swimmers rapidly out to sea. The term undertow isn't really accurate, since these currents won't pull you under the water. A figurative meaning of undertow is "underlying mood or feeling." For example, your festive birthday party might have an undertow of sadness if your best friend didn't show up. WORD FAMILYundertow: undertows USAGE EXAMPLESThis is a comedy, but one with “a steady undertow of anxiety, dread and anger,” Stephen Holden wrote in The Times. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) There is tenderness in the way they approach each other, and an undertow of fatigue as well. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) His wit always has an undertow of sadness. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) 1n the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore Syn|Hyper sea purse, sea puss, sea-poose, sea-purse, sea-puss undercurrent, undertide a current below the surface of a fluid 2n an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling his account had a poignant undertow of regret Hyper inclination that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking |
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