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单词 ebb
释义
ebb
eb ɛb
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense ebbs, present participle ebbing, past tense , past participle ebbed
1 VERB (潮水或海水)退,落 When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. (潮水或海水)退,落
  • When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans. [VERB]

    退潮时,它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。

2 N-COUNT 退潮(期);落潮(期) The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. 退潮(期);落潮(期)
  • ...the spring ebb tide.

    春季退潮

  • We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.

    我们决定第二天早晨6点钟趁退潮时离开。

SYN flowing back, going out, withdrawal, retreat
3 VERB 衰退;减退;减弱 If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. 衰退;减退;减弱 [formal]
  • ...as a man's physical strength ebbs. [VERB]

    随着人体力的衰退

  • Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed? [VERB]

    会有热情减退的时候么?

Ebb away means the same as ebb.ebb away ebb
  • His little girl's life ebbed away.

    他小女儿的生命一点一点流逝。

  • Their popular support is ebbing away.

    他们的人气正在衰退。

4 PHRASE 处于低潮;处于衰退状态 If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable. 处于低潮;处于衰退状态
  • ...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb.

    每个人都疲惫不堪、处于低潮的一段时间

  • The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.

    政府的支持率跌到了最低点。

5 PHRASE 起伏;消长;盛衰 You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls. 起伏;消长;盛衰
  • ...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.

    感觉和情绪的起伏

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