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tide SEAtaIdn [C]the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day潮汐; 潮水; 潮流high/low tide高/低潮位a flood tide洪潮The tide turns (=starts to go in the opposite direction) at 10 o'clock today.今天十点钟转潮。We can/can't play on the sand because the tide is out/in.我们能/不能在沙滩上玩，因为退/涨潮。The ebb and flow of the tide leaves many strange things on the beach.潮落和潮涨在海滩上留下许多稀奇古怪的东西。We sail with/on the tide (=when the tide is high).我们顺潮水/涨潮时航行。Beware of strong tides (=flows of water) in the channel.小心海峡里的强潮。(fig.) The tide of public opinion is turning against smoking/in favour of banning smoking.公众的意见转向于反对吸烟/赞成禁烟。(fig.) We must look for ways of stemming (=stopping) the rising tide of protest.我们必须想一个方法阻止高涨的抗议浪潮。To go/swim against the tide is not to follow what everyone else is doing.逆潮流，不随大流A tide-table is a list of the times at which the tide in a particular place is high for each day.潮汐表"There is a tide in the affairs of men/Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar 4.3) “男人的事业有潮涨潮落/涨潮时财运亨通” (莎士比亚《尤利乌斯·凯撒》)
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