单词 | after-roll |
释义 | > as lemmasafter-roll after-roll n. Brit. /ˈɑːftərəʊl/ , /ˈaftərəʊl/ , U.S. /ˈæftə(r)ˌroʊl/ a second or subsequent roll of thunder; (also) a roll of the waves following the subsidence of a storm; frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > swell surge1567 sea-gate1583 swella1616 running1622 groundswell1818 backwater1838 after-roll1858 wallow1868 1640 W. Vaughan Church Militant 318 Let's suffer them to spend their windy Breath Upon the Rocky Hills and Barren Heath, That it may be ingross'd in After-Rowles. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xv. 314 Still heaving..from the after-roll of the insurrection. 1901 Northern Counties Mag. Feb. 293 It was in truth but the after-roll of a mightier thunder. 1963 Transatlantic Rev. No. 12. 15 A livid stroke cut the clouds, branched, zigzagged, died: came the afterroll, crackling, clap and burst, peal and blast. < as lemmas |
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