(一般作neap tide)
- a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low water小潮（月上弦及下弦时落差最小时的潮水）。
verb
1be neaped
- (of a boat) be kept aground or in harbour by a neap tide（船）由于小潮搁浅（或在港口停泊）。
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- no obj. archaic (of a tide) tend towards or reach the highest point of a neap tide〈古〉（潮水）转向小潮; 达到小潮最高点。
词源
late Middle English, originally an adjective from Old English nēp, first element of nēpflōd 'neap flood', of unknown origin.