tide

marea

Innalzamento e abbassamento regolare del livello del mare, dovuto soprattutto all’attrazione della Luna.

In inglese semplice: The regular rise and fall of the sea, mainly caused by the pull of the moon.

• The tide is coming in.
• We walked across the sand at low tide.
• High tides flooded the road last night.

Espressioni comuni: high tide, low tide, incoming tide

corrente, tendenza, ondata

Forte movimento o cambiamento negli eventi, nei sentimenti o nell’opinione pubblica.

In inglese semplice: A strong movement or change in events, feelings, or public opinion.

• The tide of public opinion is changing.
• Her speech helped turn the tide.
• They struggled against a rising tide of opposition.

Come si usa: a tide of something (A tide of anger followed the announcement.); the tide turns against someone/something (The tide turned against the government after the scandal.)

Sinonimi: trend, current, wave

Espressioni comuni: tide of opinion, turn the tide, rising tide

corrente di marea

Movimento dell’acqua del mare verso la riva o in direzione opposta, dovuto alla marea.

In inglese semplice: The movement of sea water towards or away from the shore.

• The tide carried the boat towards shore.
• We watched leaves float away on the tide.
• The incoming tide brought rubbish onto the beach.

Sinonimi: current

Espressioni comuni: incoming tide, outgoing tide, on the tide

periodo, stagione

Periodo o stagione, soprattutto attorno a una festività religiosa.

In inglese semplice: A period of time or a season, especially around a religious celebration.

• The village held a feast at Whitsun tide.
• They sang together during Christmas tide.
• The bells marked the arrival of Easter tide.

Sinonimi: season, period

Espressioni comuni: Whitsun tide, Easter tide, Christmas tide

marea

Cambiamento ripetuto nella forma di un pianeta causato dall’attrazione di un altro corpo celeste.

In inglese semplice: A repeated change in a planet's shape caused by the pull of another object in space.

• The moon also causes a tide in the land.
• Scientists measured small tides in Earth's crust.
• An atmospheric tide changes air pressure at regular intervals.

Espressioni comuni: land tide, atmospheric tide, solid earth tide