tidal wave

英 [ˈtaɪdl weɪv]

美 [ˈtaɪdl weɪv]

n.  潮汐波; 潮浪; 海啸; (情感或事物发展的)高涨阶段; 高潮; 浪潮; 热潮

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牛津词典

noun

• 潮汐波；潮浪；海啸
  a very large ocean wave that is caused by a storm or an earthquake , and that destroys things when it reaches the land
• （情感或事物发展的）高涨阶段；高潮；浪潮；热潮
  a sudden increase in a particular feeling, activity or type of behaviour
  1. a tidal wave of crime
     犯罪高峰期

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 海啸;潮波;异常高的潮位
  Atidal waveis a very large wave, often caused by an earthquake, that flows onto the land and destroys things.
  1. ...a massive tidal wave swept the ship up and away.
     一股巨大的潮波把那艘船掀起来卷走了。
• N-COUNT (感情、事物或人出现的)高潮期
  If you describe a very large number of emotions, things, or people as atidal wave, you mean that they all occur at the same time.
  1. The trade union movement was swept along by the same tidal wave of patriotism which affected the country as a whole...
     这场波及全国的爱国热潮还对那场工会运动起到了推波助澜的作用。
  2. The recession is deepening and we are now seeing a tidal wave of job losses in all sections of the economy.
     经济衰退的情况在加剧，各个行业相继出现失业高峰。

英英释义

noun

• a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
• an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide
• an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon
  1. a tidal wave of nausea
  2. the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave
  3. a tidal wave of crime

双语例句

• Have a tidal wave come up and submerged every living thing.
  浪潮滚滚，吞没了所有人畜生物。
• He played down the threat of a big tidal wave.
  他淡化了发生大规模海啸的威胁。
• Tidal wave is a danger to navigation.
  海啸对航海来说是一大威胁。
• Finally, it would trigger a tidal wave of influence-peddling, as lobbyists scrambled to exploit the system for different industries and localities.
  最后，它会引起海啸式的影响-说客争相利用该系统对不同行业和地区的规定进行推销。
• It'll create a tidal wave three miles high.
  它会造成三里高的海啸。
• The eurozone risks a tidal wave of fiscal and banking crises.
  欧元区正面临财政和银行业发生大面积危机的风险。
• Study on numberical modelling of the whole pearl river estuary and tidal wave propagation characteristics
  珠江河口整体数值模拟及潮波传播特征研究
• A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage
  地震引起的海啸袭击了沿海地区，导致灾难性的破坏。
• The tidal wave that swept Asia has been devastating, and has sent ripples across the globe.
  席卷亚洲的金融风暴，造成极大破坏，并波及全球的经济。
• Scientists say the deadly waves of seawater crashed many Asian and east African coastal towns last weekend should be called as "tsunami" but not as "tidal wave".
  科学家称上周末袭击了很多亚洲和东非沿海城镇的灾难应该被称为“海啸”，而不是“潮汐波”。