spindrift

/'spindrift/ Cách viết khác : (spoon-drift) /'spu:ndrift/

Thân thiện

The spindrift sparkles in the sunlight as waves crash against the rocky shore.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Spray blown up from the surface of the sea: "Spindrift" refers to the fine spray or droplets of water that are driven by the wind from the crests of waves.

Usage

• "Spindrift" is an uncountable noun used to describe a weather or oceanic phenomenon. It is typically used in descriptive contexts related to the sea, storms, or windy conditions.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The strong wind whipped the spindrift into our faces.
  • From the cliff, we watched the spindrift flying off the tops of the breaking waves.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: Often used poetically or in literary descriptions to evoke the atmosphere of a stormy or windswept seascape.
  • The boat was enveloped in a cold veil of spindrift.

Variants and Related Words

• Spoon-drift: An older, now less common variant spelling of "spindrift."
• Spray: A more general synonym for liquid particles dispersed in the air, which can be used in similar contexts (e.g., sea spray, spray from a waterfall).

Synonyms

• Sea spray: The most direct synonym, specifically referring to spray from the ocean.
• Spray: A broader term for water or other liquid in fine droplets.

Related Phrases and Terms

• Blown spume: A literary phrase with a similar meaning to spindrift ("spume" means froth or foam).
• Spindrift clouds: A meteorological term for fragmented, wind-torn clouds, often seen in stormy conditions, drawing an analogy to the sea spray.

Học thuật

Noun

1. spray blown up from the surface of the sea

Từ đồng nghĩa

• spoondrift