English-Thai Dictionary

undercurrent

N กระแส ใต้ น้ำ หรือ อากาศ  กระแส ด้านล่าง  cross-current ebb tide flow undertow kra-sae-tai-nam-rue-a-kad

 

undercurrent

N สิ่ง ที่ แฝง อยู่  sing-ti-faeng-yu

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNDERCURRENT

n.A current below the surface of the water.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNDERCURRENT

UNDERCURRENT Un "der *cur `rent, n.

 

1. A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface. Totten.

 

2. Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner. All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her. G. Eliot.

 

UNDERCURRENT

UNDERCURRENT Un "der *cur `rent, a.

 

Defn: Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] "Undercurrent woe. " Tennyson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

undercurrent

un der cur rent |ˈəndərˌkərənt ˈəndərˌkərənt | ▶noun 1 a current of water below the surface, moving in a different direction from any surface current. 2 an underlying feeling or influence, esp. one that is contrary to the prevailing atmosphere and is not expressed openly: an undercurrent of anger and discontent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

undercurrent

under |cur ¦rent |ˈʌndəkʌr (ə )nt | ▶noun 1 a current of water below the surface and moving in a different direction from any surface current. 2 an underlying feeling or influence, especially one that is contrary to the prevailing atmosphere and is not expressed openly: racial undercurrents.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

undercurrent

undercurrent noun 1 dangerous undercurrents in the cove: undertow, underflow; riptide. 2 the undercurrent of despair in his words: undertone, overtone, suggestion, connotation, intimation, hint, nuance, trace, suspicion, whisper, tinge; feeling, atmosphere, aura, echo; informal vibes.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

undercurrent

undercurrent noun 1 beware the dangerous undercurrents in the cove: undertow, underflow, underswell, underdrift, understream, undertide, underrun; Nautical underset; rare underwork. 2 she sensed the undercurrent of despair in what he was saying: undertone, overtone, suggestion, connotation, implication, intimation, hint, nuance, trace, suspicion, whisper, murmur, touch, tinge; feeling, atmosphere, aura, tenor, echo, flavour, colouring, vein; vibrations; informal vibes; rare subcurrent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

undercurrent

ú nder c ù rrent 名詞 C 1 (水流 空気などの )底流, 下層流 .2 (表面に現れない )底流, 暗流 .