英语词汇seiche的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

seiche. A seiche is a long wave that sloshes rhythmically back and forth as if in a bathtub as it reflects off opposite ends of an enclosed body of water (usually a bay) when it is dis- turbed by storms, winds, or tsunami. In Los Angeles harbor, one of the few major harbors that have seiching or surging problems, seiches cause big ships to move as much as 10 feet, to strain at or snap their mooring lines, and cause damage to piles and to the ships themselves. Seiche, a French word, is generally pronounced saysh, though people in some regions pronounce it to rhyme with “beach.” The term seems to have been coined by a Swiss scientist and is first recorded in En- glish in 1839.

词汇	seiche
词源	seiche. A seiche is a long wave that sloshes rhythmically back and forth as if in a bathtub as it reflects off opposite ends of an enclosed body of water (usually a bay) when it is dis- turbed by storms, winds, or tsunami. In Los Angeles harbor, one of the few major harbors that have seiching or surging problems, seiches cause big ships to move as much as 10 feet, to strain at or snap their mooring lines, and cause damage to piles and to the ships themselves. Seiche, a French word, is generally pronounced saysh, though people in some regions pronounce it to rhyme with “beach.” The term seems to have been coined by a Swiss scientist and is first recorded in En- glish in 1839.
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