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- the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun潮（汐）：
the changing patterns of the tides
不断变换的潮型
mass noun they were driven on by wind and tide.他们被风和潮水越冲越远。
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- the water as affected by this潮水：
the rising tide covered the wharf.
上涨的潮水漫上了码头。
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- figurative a powerful surge of feeling or trend of events〈喻〉潮流, 趋势; 浪潮：
he drifted into sleep on a tide of euphoria
他在一阵欣喜过后不知不觉入睡了
we must reverse the growing tide of racism sweeping Europe.
我们必须扭转日益高涨的种族主义席卷欧洲的势头。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- archaic drift with or as if with the tide〈古〉顺潮水漂浮; 像潮水般涌流。
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- (of a ship) work in or out of harbour with the help of the tide（船只进出港时）顺潮航行。
派生词
tideless
adjective词源
Old English tīd 'time， period， era'， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tijd and German Zeit, also to TIME. The sense relating to the sea dates from late Middle English.
短语动词
tide someone over
- help someone through a difficult period, especially with financial assistance（尤指通过财政资助）使某人度过（困难时期）：
she needed a small loan to tide her over.
她需要一小笔贷款以渡过难关。