undertown.

Brit.

/ˈʌndətəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌtoʊ/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(c).

A sea-current below the surface of the water, moving in a contrary direction to that of the surface current.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > hidden tendency or activity

under-water1618

undercurrent1792

undertow1817

underplay1845

underswell1849

nigger in the fence1850

nigger in the woodpile1852

underflow1854

—— in the woodpile1857

undernote1857

undertone1861

underdrift1891

under-belly1962

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > under-current

underwork1610

underflood?1615

undercurrent1684

underset1815

undertow1817

subcurrent1822

underdrift1849

under-draught1853

underflow1854

under-water1859

undercarry1894

underrun1894

turbidity current1939

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind blowing at low level

ground-wind1618

underwind1726

undertow1879

1817 Sporting Mag. 50 221 A current,..at times counteracted by means of a strong opposing ‘undertow’, as it is called.

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer II. ix. 289 The recoil of the sea, and what is called by sailors the undertow, carried him back again.

1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography xi. 172 The water bursts with great force upon the land, and then sweeps back, as a powerful ‘undertow’ to the sea.

figurative and in extended use.1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 232 There is always a strong ‘under-tow’, as the Americans would call it, of honest and well-disposed men in such situations.1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 41 The weathercock will sometimes point in precisely the opposite direction, obeying the ‘undertow’ of the gale.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	undertow
释义	undertown. Brit. /ˈʌndətəʊ/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌtoʊ/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(c). A sea-current below the surface of the water, moving in a contrary direction to that of the surface current. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > hidden tendency or activity under-water1618 undercurrent1792 undertow1817 underplay1845 underswell1849 nigger in the fence1850 nigger in the woodpile1852 underflow1854 —— in the woodpile1857 undernote1857 undertone1861 underdrift1891 under-belly1962 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > under-current underwork1610 underflood?1615 undercurrent1684 underset1815 undertow1817 subcurrent1822 underdrift1849 under-draught1853 underflow1854 under-water1859 undercarry1894 underrun1894 turbidity current1939 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind blowing at low level ground-wind1618 underwind1726 undertow1879 1817 Sporting Mag. 50 221 A current,..at times counteracted by means of a strong opposing ‘undertow’, as it is called. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer II. ix. 289 The recoil of the sea, and what is called by sailors the undertow, carried him back again. 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography xi. 172 The water bursts with great force upon the land, and then sweeps back, as a powerful ‘undertow’ to the sea. figurative and in extended use.1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 232 There is always a strong ‘under-tow’, as the Americans would call it, of honest and well-disposed men in such situations.1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 41 The weathercock will sometimes point in precisely the opposite direction, obeying the ‘undertow’ of the gale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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