tsunamin.

/tsuːˈnɑːmi/

Forms: Also (representing a strict transliteration of the Japanese form) tunami.

Etymology: < Japanese tsunami, tunami, < tsu harbour + nami waves.

A brief series of long, high undulations on the surface of the sea caused by an earthquake or similar underwater disturbance. These travel at great speed and often with sufficient force to inundate the land; frequently misnamed a tidal wave (see tidal adj. 1b). Also figurative and attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > convulsion caused by eruption

watershake1577

seaquake1680

water wave1851

tidal wave1878

tsunami1897

seismic sea-wave1905

1897 L. Hearn Gleanings in Buddha-Fields i. 24 ‘Tsunami!’ shrieked the people; and then all shrieks and all sounds and all power to hear sounds were annihilated by a nameless shock..as the colossal swell smote the shore with a weight that sent a shudder through the hills.

1904 Publ. Earthquake Investigation Comm. Foreign Lang. (Japan) xix. 6 Records and reports of earthquakes and ‘tsunamis’.

1938 Nature 12 Nov. 881/2 The authenticity of the reports of earthquakes mentioned in these catalogues is weighed..with records of tunamis.

1956 Jrnl. Earth Sci. Nagoya Univ. 4 2 The tunamis associated with strong earthquakes are frequent in Japan.

1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 34/1 This system would predict..tsunami run-up floods.

1970 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 11/7 A tsunami generated off Chile by the 1960 earthquake crashed into Japan on the other side at 400 m.p.h.

1972 Science 11 Aug. 502/1 The Food and Drug Administration..is currently swimming through a tsunami of comments generated by its announced intention to alter the regulations concerning the dispensation of methadone.

1981 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 30 Jan. 3 a/3 The National Weather Service..issued a tsunami warning.

1984 W. Golding Paper Men viii. 89 It seemed to me that I could feel the indifferent threat of the earth through the soles of my feet, the volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, terrors of nature's fact.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tsunami
释义	tsunamin. /tsuːˈnɑːmi/ Forms: Also (representing a strict transliteration of the Japanese form) tunami. Etymology: < Japanese tsunami, tunami, < tsu harbour + nami waves. A brief series of long, high undulations on the surface of the sea caused by an earthquake or similar underwater disturbance. These travel at great speed and often with sufficient force to inundate the land; frequently misnamed a tidal wave (see tidal adj. 1b). Also figurative and attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > convulsion caused by eruption watershake1577 seaquake1680 water wave1851 tidal wave1878 tsunami1897 seismic sea-wave1905 1897 L. Hearn Gleanings in Buddha-Fields i. 24 ‘Tsunami!’ shrieked the people; and then all shrieks and all sounds and all power to hear sounds were annihilated by a nameless shock..as the colossal swell smote the shore with a weight that sent a shudder through the hills. 1904 Publ. Earthquake Investigation Comm. Foreign Lang. (Japan) xix. 6 Records and reports of earthquakes and ‘tsunamis’. 1938 Nature 12 Nov. 881/2 The authenticity of the reports of earthquakes mentioned in these catalogues is weighed..with records of tunamis. 1956 Jrnl. Earth Sci. Nagoya Univ. 4 2 The tunamis associated with strong earthquakes are frequent in Japan. 1967 Technol. Week 23 Jan. 34/1 This system would predict..tsunami run-up floods. 1970 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 11/7 A tsunami generated off Chile by the 1960 earthquake crashed into Japan on the other side at 400 m.p.h. 1972 Science 11 Aug. 502/1 The Food and Drug Administration..is currently swimming through a tsunami of comments generated by its announced intention to alter the regulations concerning the dispensation of methadone. 1981 Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 30 Jan. 3 a/3 The National Weather Service..issued a tsunami warning. 1984 W. Golding Paper Men viii. 89 It seemed to me that I could feel the indifferent threat of the earth through the soles of my feet, the volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, terrors of nature's fact. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1897
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