ebb

英 [eb] 美 [eb]

• n. 退潮；衰落
• vi. 落潮；衰退

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. (指潮水)退；落

   (of the tide) flow back from the land to the sea

2. vi. 减少；衰落

   grow less;become slowly,weak or faint

n. (名词)

1. [U]退潮；落潮

   the flowing out of the tide

2. [U]衰退；衰落

   low state;decline or decay

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 退潮，落潮
2. 衰退期，低潮
3. 渐降，渐弱，衰退，减退，衰落

abbr. 缩略词

1. =Elegant Breadboard 高级线路板

v. 动词

1. 衰退，衰落，衰弱
2. 落潮，退潮，潮退
3. 减退，退落
4. 开始低落
5. 渐渐不支
6. 逐渐消失
7. 微弱下去
8. 走向死亡
9. 稳定下来
10. 减少
11. 围捕鱼

英英释义

Noun:

1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

2. the outward flow of the tide

Verb:

1. flow back or recede;

   "the tides ebbed at noon"
   

2. hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

3. fall away or decline;

   "The patient's strength ebbed away"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They started sailing on the ebb.
   他们于退潮时出航了。
2. But the moments will never ebb away.
   但那些瞬间永远不会退潮。
3. Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.
   公德与私德均在衰落之中。
4. Manufacturing business is now at a low ebb.
   制造业现正处于衰落中。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.
   渔船趁着落潮出航。
2. We dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla,and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide.
   我们丢给了她船尾的一条七尺长的绳子，让她舒适地感受落潮的律动。
3. The economy of the country is at a low ebb.
   该国的经济处於衰退阶段。
4. Brain is not used well, be about to ebb or go slant.
   脑子不好好用，就要衰退或走偏。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. They swam till the tide began to ebb.
   他们一直游到开始退潮。
2. His fortune was beginning to ebb.
   他的资产开始减少了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The tide is on the ebb.
   正在退潮。
2. My luck is on the ebb.
   我的运气不好。

经典引文

• I didn't have to row, the ebb was carrying me out.

  出自： S. Beckett

• The sea will ebb and flow.

  出自：Love's Labour's Lost , Shakespeare

• The water of the bay began to ebb away.

  出自： R. Hughes

词汇搭配

• at a low ebb 处于低潮
• ebb surge 落潮涌浪
• maximum ebb 最大落潮流速...
• minimum ebb 最小落潮速度,最小落...
• lesser ebb 小落潮流
• ebb gate 退潮闸门
• ebb current 落潮流
• greater ebb 大落潮
• ebb strength 最大落潮流
• ebb stream 落潮流
• ebb tide 落潮
• double ebb 双低潮
• ebb and flow 兴衰
• at the ebb 正在退潮,衰落...
• at the lowest ebb 衰落到极点
• ebb back 回复
• on the ebb 在退潮
• at its lowest ebb 衰落到极点
• ebb away 衰退

近反义词

【近义词】

• retreat 撤退
• recede 后退
• diminish 减少
• lessen 减少
• subside 沉没
• decline 下降
• decrease 减少
• go out 出去
• flow away 流逝(流走)
• fade 逐渐消失
• disappear 消失
• fail 失败
• ebb tide 落潮
• outgoing tide 退潮
• disappearance 消失
• languish 衰弱无力
• tide 趋势
• back 后面
• afternoon 下午
• wane 衰落
• withdraw 撤回
• pine 松树
• lower 低的
• ebbing 动词ebb的现在进行式...
• reflux 逆流
• ebb away 衰退

【反义词】

• tide 趋势
• flow 流动
• flood 淹没