For many years oceanographers dismissed sailors' reports of rogue waves much as they did stories of mermaids.

多年来，海洋学家对待海员们关于超级巨浪的报道就像对待美人鱼的故事一样置之不理。

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In 2004 scientists using three weeks of radar images from European Space Agency satellites found ten rogue waves, each 25 metres or more high.

2004年，科学家利用欧洲航天局三周的雷达图像发现了十个超级巨浪，每个都达25米甚至更高。

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Rogue waves are not tsunamis, which are set in motion by earthquakes.

超级巨浪并非是由地震活动引发的海啸。

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Rogue waves can suddenly top out at five times their average height.

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"Rogue waves", which had moved so quickly they could not be distinguished from clouds, had crashed across the vessel, finally damaging the accommodation pod and endangering the lives of those on board.

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