No, what you're witnessing at sea is a rogue wave, also called a freak wave.

你所遭遇的是“恶浪”，也称“怪浪”。

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The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters.

海洋的力量：海啸，风暴潮，畸形波和我们预测灾害的探索。

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In the mid-sixties, when the BBC was still monopolizing radio in Great Britain, a rogue operator, broadcasting from a ship anchored in the North Sea, plays rock to a country that could only hear the Beatles and the Stones live or by going to a record store.

NEWYORKER: Pirate Radio