英语词源
- rip-tide (n.)
- also riptide, 1862, from rip (n.1) + tide (n.). It is a current not a tide, and the attempt to correct it to rip current dates from 1936.
权威例句
- 1. Underneath this image of normalcy, addiction threatened to rip this family apart.
- 在这一切正常的表象下潜伏的是将使这个家庭四分五裂的毒瘾。
- 2. "Yaaaaaaa," Carla let rip with the cry of the Valkyries.
- “呀——”卡拉放开喉咙，发出女武神瓦尔基里一般的嘶喊声。
- 3. I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.
- 当我们被推向相反的方向时，我感觉横幅被撕裂了。
- 4. If we wrote I think he would rip up the letter.
- 如果我们写信的话，我想他会把信撕得粉碎。
- 5. Next day, Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip.
- 第二天，斯通小姐决定将撕破的地方缝好。