Choppy

(adj.) rough with small waves; 'choppy seas' .

(adj.) marked by abrupt transitions; 'choppy prose' .

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• If the sea is a little choppy it is difficult to discover it with the naked eye at about 300 or 400 yards away, or in a smooth sea at over 500 yards. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In the Bay of Biscay bad weather prevailed as a matter of course, and the yacht tossed about a good deal in the choppy waters. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The sailor handles his boat in one way in a choppy sea and in a different way in a rolling sea, for he knows that these two kinds of waves act dissimilarly. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Light and heat differ as much as the short, choppy waves of the ocean and the slow, long swell of the ocean, but not more so. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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