Engelsk navneord: tidal wave | |||
1. | tidal wave (om begivenhed) an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A tidal wave of nausea. The flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave. A tidal wave of crime. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | manifestation | ||
2. | tidal wave (om begivenhed) an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, moving ridge, tragedy, wave | ||
3. | tidal wave (om begivenhed) a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | moving ridge, wave | ||