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under tow如何读
under tow是什么意思
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under tow英英释义
noun
the current beneath the surface that sets seaward or along the beach when waves are breaking upon the shore
an underlying current, force, or tendency that is in opposition to what is apparent
under tow词源英文解释
The first known use of undertow was in 1817
under tow儿童词典英英释义
strong-mindedadjective
very independent in thought and judgment
tow1 of 3verb
to draw or pull along behind
tow2 of 3noun
a line or rope for towing
an act or instance of towing or the fact or condition of being towed
something (as a barge) that tows or is towed
tow3 of 3noun
short broken fiber from flax, hemp, or jute used for yarn, twine, or stuffing
yarn or cloth made of tow
undertownoun
a current beneath the surface of the water that moves away from or along the shore while the surface water above it moves toward the shore
under tow 例句
1 Don't get caught in the undertow.
2 But although the change of pace and tone is welcome, cutting Falstaff’s gathering of men from those scenes means that the undertow vanishes and all that’s left is mild laughter.
3 There’s an undertow of potential violence to the drama, percolating in its dark, propulsive score by Toke Brorson Odin (Winter Brothers), its suspenseful sound design by Margot Testemale and Jacques Pedersen, and the unrushed precision of Per K. Kirkegaard’s editing.
4 There were notable practitioners in the generation before him (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris, Norman Lewis, and Ryszard Kapuściński spring to mind), but Raban’s brilliantly digressive, sometimes confessional style—with its descriptive exactitude and sardonic undertow—signaled new possibilities.
5 The work has a lot of moving parts, starting with the excellent Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Del Sol string quartet, which lays down an undertow of slow-moving harmony.
6 The stretch of river about 10 miles below Great Falls is known for its rapids and treacherous currents, which include a strong undertow.
7 The surf slams, invisible a few feet away in the profound blackness, the undertow sucking back, the stormy breeze dizzying.
8 Both her parents were in the ocean when the undertow of a distant earthquake caught them; Chapman, then two years old, was sitting with a babysitter on the beach, and watched as only her mother returned to shore.
9 In both Afire and Showing Up, this snarling undertow is played to perfection.