crosscurrent

英

美

n.  反向气流，逆流；交叉水流; 相反的意见；对立的思潮；矛盾的倾向

复数：crosscurrents　

COCA.33324

柯林斯词典

in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 crosscurrent


• N-COUNT (穿过其他水流的)交叉水流，逆流
  Across-currentis a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
  1. Cross-currents can sweep the strongest swimmer helplessly away.
     即使最强壮的游泳者也会无助地被交叉水流冲走。
• N-COUNT 不同的观点(或传统)
  You can refer to conflicting ideas or traditions ascross-currents.
  1. ...the cross-currents within the Conservative Party.
     保守党内观点迥异

英英释义

noun

• actions counter to the main group activity
  1. political crosscurrents disrupted the conference
  Synonym:countercurrent
• a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
  Synonym:ripriptidetide ripcountercurrent

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