プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
なみ【波】
&fRoman1;〔水面の起伏〕a wave
大波
a billow
さざ波
a ripple
荒波
wild waves／a rough sea
打ち寄せる波
surf
砕ける（白）波
a breaker
波が荒い［高い］
The waves are high.／The sea is rough.
波が静まった
The waves have subsided.／The sea has calmed down.
オールが１本波にさらわれた
One of the oars was washed away by the waves.
ボートは波にのまれた
The boat was swallowed up by [in] the waves.
船は波を切って進んだ
The ship plowed [ploughed] through the waves.
丸太が波の間に間に漂っている
A log is drifting on the waves.／A log is being carried this way and that by the waves.
波がひたひたと打ち寄せていた
The waves were lapping the shore.
波の花
〔白く砕ける波〕 《米》 whitecaps／《英》 white horses／〔塩〕salt
波の穂
the crest of a wave
&fRoman2;
❶〔波のように揺れ動く・押し寄せるもの〕
博覧会場は人の波に埋まった
The exposition grounds were 「crowded with people [jammed with a crowd of people].
見渡す限り旗の波だった
There were flags and more flags for as far as I could see.
時勢の波には勝てなかった
He had to submit to the tide [current] of the times.
怒りが突然波のように襲ってきた
He felt a sudden surge of anger.
❷〔むら〕
彼の気分には波がある
He is a capricious [moody] man.
彼の作品には波がある
His works are 「of uneven [inconsistent in/not uniform in] quality.
景気の波
business fluctuations
❸〔しわ〕
ひたいの波
wrinkles [lines] on one's forehead
波に乗る
彼の会社は今景気の波に乗っている
His company is now riding 「the crest of [a wave of] prosperity.
投手は好調の波に乗って完投した
The pitcher, buoyed by his own excellent condition, went the distance.
波線
a wavy line
波乗り
⇒波乗り