undertow 英 ['ʌndətəʊ]   美 ['ʌndɚto]

undertow

undertow  英 ['ʌndətəʊ] 美 ['ʌndɚto]

n. 退波;(海面下的)下层逆流 

名词复数:undertows 

But if you get caught in an undertow, the best thing to do is let it take you where it will and then swim back to shore. 但是,如果你被困在退浪之中,最好的应对办法是让退浪把你带走,然后你再自己游回岸边。
Lunacy, bankruptcy, suicide and other unthinkable fates sooner or later afflict the noblest of clans with an undertow of gloom. 疯狂的、破产的、自杀的以及其他的想象不到的天意迟早会以忧郁的回潮折磨家族的尊贵。

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  • n. 退波;(海面下的)下层逆流
  • 1. But if you get caught in an undertow, the best thing to do is let it take you where it will and then swim back to shore.

    但是,如果你被困在退浪之中,最好的应对办法是让退浪把你带走,然后你再自己游回岸边。

  • 2. Lunacy, bankruptcy, suicide and other unthinkable fates sooner or later afflict the noblest of clans with an undertow of gloom.

    疯狂的、破产的、自杀的以及其他的想象不到的天意迟早会以忧郁的回潮折磨家族的尊贵。

  • 3. Evans's images now carry the romantic undertow of an almost vanished America.

    现在,埃文斯的照片为那个近乎消失的美国带来了浪漫的回潮。

  • undertow (n.) 1798, from under + tow (n.).
under·tow / ˈʌndətəʊ ; NAmE ˈʌndərtoʊ / noun [usually singular ] 1 a current in the sea or ocean that moves in the opposite direction to the water near the surface 底流;水下逆流 The children were carried out to sea by the strong undertow. 强大的回流把孩子们卷到海里去了。 2 undertow(of sth) a feeling or quality that influences people in a particular situation even though they may not really be aware of it 潜在的倾向(或特质);感染力 undertow undertows under·tow / ˈʌndətəʊ ; NAmE ˈʌndərtoʊ /
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