单词	groundswell
释义	groundswell /ˈɡraʊn(d)ˌswɛl / noun 1An increase in a particular opinion among a large section of the population: a groundswell of opposition developed... He said there was a groundswell of opinion among backbenchers, and said he had been involved with a statement released detailing the plans. There is also a groundswell of opposition among some independent financial advisers. There was a groundswell of political opinion that art was thought to be for rich people. 2A large or extensive swell in the sea.The wreck is well broken among rocks, spread out and so close in that even on a flat-calm day the groundswell sloshes the boat up and down as it moves in as close as possible to drop divers off.... We had to get within 1.5 miles of the reef before we could distinguish the rocks from the groundswell breaking over them. A gentle groundswell was building over the reef and washing well up the rock.
随便看	in one's wildest dreams in open court inoperability inoperable inoperably inoperative inopportune inopportunely inopportuneness in opposition in (or at) a canter in (or at) one fell swoop in (or by) comparison in (or by) fits and starts in order in order for (or that) in order to do something in ordinary inordinate inordinately in (or for) perpetuity inorganic inorganically inorganic chemistry in (or in the) spirit

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