| 单词 | bore-loden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbore-loden 2. A tide-wave of extraordinary height, caused either by the meeting of two tides, or by the rushing of the tide up a narrowing estuary. Cf. eagre n. Also in combinations, as †bore-loden (= laden adj.), swollen by a tidal wave. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > high wave caused by movement of tide > of unusual height head1570 bore1601 eagre1610 mascaret1660 sea seiche1925 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Bivv No bridge vpon her bore-lod'n bosome bore. 1613 Voy. Guiana in Harl. Misc. (1809) III. 197 A boar, as the seamen term it, and violent encounter of two tides coming in. 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 816 All Vessels that lye in the way of the..Boar, are commonly overset. 1741 Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 432 He..suspects, that Spouts and Boars may derive their Origin from the same Cause. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 383 The victorious tenth wave shall ride, like the bore, over all the rest. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 292 The Bristol Channel is very subject to the Bore. < as lemmas |
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