Stuart glanced behind him. There came the sloop, boiling along fast, rolling up a bow wave and gaining steadily.
他又朝后面看了看,发现开过来一艘单桅船,她的船头在浪花里剧烈地摆动着。
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The mound lifted in front, dusting away like a bow wave in water.
土墩在前面升起,像水中的弓浪一样扬起灰尘。
新概念英语.英音版.第四册(译文)
On the occasions when they have pushed to shore an unconscious human being they have much more likely done it out of curiosity or for sport, as in riding the bow waves of a ship.
A bow wave is the wave that forms at the bow of a ship when it moves through the water. As the bow wave spreads out, it defines the outer limits of a ship's wake. A large bow wave slows the ship down, is a risk to smaller boats, and in a harbor can damage shore facilities and moored ships. Therefore, ship hulls are generally designed to produce as small a bow wave as possible.