单词 | water wave |
释义 | water waven. 1. a. A wave of water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > [noun] waterOE undc1200 wawc1290 flowinga1382 water wave?1555 wale1565 wave1671 ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. ix. 35 Like as one water waue [Ger. ein well] foloweth vpon another. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 240 Shee stood, as if she stood vpon no ground, But on some water-waue that made her bound. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 529 Bankes formerly raised against the waterwaves then in-rushing. 1735 Sportsman's Dict. II. at Strings Some rows higher than others, and higher in one place than another, like water waves. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 340/1 From the engines water-waves are gushing. 1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 75 Applying the visible motion of water-waves to illustrate the invisible motion of air-waves. 1924 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 70/3 You often have observed the effect of an obstruction on water waves. 1968 M. S. Livingston Particle Physics iii. 49 Consider a pulse of water waves originating from the point where a stone strikes the water. 2011 W. Lewin & W. Goldstein For Love of Physics 105 We measure the amplitude of water waves in meters and centimeters. b. spec. A wave in a large body of water, esp. a sea, caused by a tectonic or geological disturbance such as an earthquake, or by an explosion. Cf. tsunami n. 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 1851 M. Somerville Physical Geogr. (ed. 3) I. xiii. 270 (note) When an earthquake begins under the ocean, it occasions five distinct series of waves..namely, the earth wave, the water wave, and three other series of waves. 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 188 If the centre of disturbance is near the sea, the water-waves may be far more destructive than the earth-waves. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XIV. 355/1 Explosions or collapses taking place under water may cause water waves, sometimes of great size. 2006 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 364 2233 Studies of impulsively generated waves had focused on explosion-triggered water waves. 2. Originally U.S. A wave formed in hair by wetting it with water and shaping it, esp. by using rollers. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style frizz1668 bullhead1672 bull1699 buckle1711 frizzle1850 cataract curls1864 Niagara1864 water wave1876 marcel wave1895 permanent wave1906 Greek goda1910 marcel1921 finger wave1925 permanent1926 perm1927 home perm1949 Afro1967 natural1967 Jewfro1976 Jheri curl1977 bubble perm1992 1876 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 4 Aug. 3/4 The water waves of last season have become great billows. 1882 Harper's Mag. Nov. 877/2 She is pasting down her wetted hair into a semblance of the ‘water-waves’ of fashionable society. 1923 E. F. Wyatt Invisible Gods i. i. 7 His grandmother..bending over him her water waves and pearl powder. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 5 Passing a clean white hand over the water-waves of his naturally fuzzy hair. 1972 Vogue June Special 68/2 Hair in sleek water waves, by Jean Louis David, Paris. 2013 A. Lowery Hist. Wig Styling: Anc. Egypt to 1830s i. 14 For a nice finish at the bottom of a water wave, I will often arrange the hair into a pin curl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1555 |
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