undertow

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

undertows

V_ing/Gerund

undertowing

V_ed/pp

undertowed

1.
(transitive)To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
2.
(transitive)To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
3.
(intransitive)To flow or behave as an undertow.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

undertows

1.
A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
A strong undertow may sweep a returning swimmer off their feet but it does not carry them far from the shore.
2.
(broadly)(by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

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