riptide — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. A particularly strong tidal current.

2. A rip current which may carry a swimmer offshore.

   Употребление

   • proscribed
   • sometimes

   Примеры

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

Существительное

1. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

   Синонимы

   riptide ripcrosscurrentcountercurrent

   Более общие понятия

   turbulenceturbulency

2. a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

   Синонимы

   rip current

   Более общие понятия

   currentstream