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wave WATERweIvn [C]one of a series of raised lines of water which moves across the surface of an area of water, esp. the sea（尤指海中的）波浪，浪涛A great wave broke over my head and I was dragged under by the current.一个巨浪在我头顶炸开，我被水流拖了下去。At night, I listened to the sound of the waves crashing against the shore.晚上，我倾听着波浪撞击海岸的声音。The waves off the Atlantic coast are bigger so they're better for surfing.大西洋海岸的浪大一些，因此那里更适合冲浪运动。(fig.) Allied planes launched wave after wave of (= many, one after another) air attacks on the city.一批又一批盟军飞机空袭了这座城市。A wave of an emotion or feeling is a sudden strong feeling which gets stronger as it spreads.（情绪等的）突发，高涨A wave of panic swept through the crowd and people started running.一阵恐慌扫过人群，人们开始奔跑。She felt a sudden wave of (= sudden strong) desire for him.她突然感到了一股对他的激情。A wave of something can also be an unusually large number of events of a similar, often bad, type, happening within the same period.（活动等的）浪潮This latest wave of redundancies comes only three months after the closure of the region's main car factory.最近的这次裁员浪潮在该地区的主要汽车工厂倒闭仅3个月后就到来了。In the 1970s, the country came close to collapse as it was swept by massive inflation, industrial unrest and a wave of terrorism.20世纪70年代，这个国家在大规模通货膨胀，工业动荡和恐怖主义浪潮的袭卷下几近崩溃。The recent ruling sparked off (= started) a wave of protests in the capital.最近的规定激起了首都一阵抗议高潮。To make waves is to intentionally cause trouble.（故意地）兴风作浪，引起混乱If a member of the Cabinet started making waves, the prime minister simply got rid of them.如果内阁里有人开始兴风作浪，首相只需将其开除。
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