英语词汇“undertow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

undertow

(ʌndəʳtoʊ )

Word forms: undertows

1. countable noun

If there is an undertow of a feeling, that feeling exists in such a weak form that you are hardly aware of it, but it influences the way you think or behave.

The existence of an emotional undertow is an aspect of all politics.

...an undertow of sadness. [+ of]

2. countable noun

An undertow is a strong current of water that is moving below the surface current and in a different direction to it.

Dangerous undertows make swimming unsafe along most of the coastline.

单词	undertow
释义	undertow (ʌndəʳtoʊ ) Word forms: undertows 1. countable noun If there is an undertow of a feeling, that feeling exists in such a weak form that you are hardly aware of it, but it influences the way you think or behave. The existence of an emotional undertow is an aspect of all politics. ...an undertow of sadness. [+ of] 2. countable noun An undertow is a strong current of water that is moving below the surface current and in a different direction to it. Dangerous undertows make swimming unsafe along most of the coastline.
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