Undercurrent
['ʌndəkʌr(ə)nt] or ['ʌndɚ'kɝənt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
(n.) Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner.
(a.) Running beneath the surface; hidden.
手打:旺达
解釋/意思:
n. a current under the surface of the water: any influence or feeling not apparent on the surface.—adj. running below or unseen.
克里斯整理
例句/造句/用法:
- They had their undercurrent of fables and superstitions, their phases of fear and abjection and sacrificial fury. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- With all his cruel ferocity and coldness there was an undercurrent of something in Tars Tarkas which he seemed ever battling to subdue. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- He did not observe her approach, and she stood close to him, and heard his undercurrent of song. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- This undercurrent of thought, often soothed me amidst distress, and even agony. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
錄入:伦纳德