UNDERTOW


Meaning of UNDERTOW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndə(r)toʊ ]

( undertows)

1.

If there is an undertow of a feeling, that feeling exists in such a weak form that you are hardly aware of it, but it influences the way you think or behave.

...an undertow of sadness.

= undercurrent

N-COUNT : usu with supp

2.

An undertow is a strong current of water that is moving below the surface current and in a different direction to it.

= undercurrent

N-COUNT

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.