riptide

n. 洪涛, 急流, 激流

发音

UK /ˈɹɪp.taɪd/
US /ˈɹɪp.taɪd/
AU

词形变化

riptides 复数 riptides

别名

rip tide

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A particularly strong tidal current.

  2. 2.

    A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore.

    This beach suffers from a riptide that can easily sweep you out to sea.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

rip countercurrent crosscurrent rip current tide rip

上位词 4

current stream turbulence turbulency

整体词 1

tide

词源

From rip + tide.

来源：wiktionary