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ebb

英[eb] 美[eb]

vi. （指潮水）退，跌落，减少，衰落；
n. 退潮，落潮，衰退，减少；

复数：ebbs;

第三人称单数：ebbs;

过去式：ebbed;

过去分词：ebbed;

现在分词：ebbing;

同义词

vi.
ebb的同义词之：减少;衰退;退出
lessen retreat recede subside decline decrease diminish
ebb的同义词之：其他释义
subside disappearance retreat diminish languish lessen recede back decline tide decrease withdraw afternoon

反义词

n.
ebb的反义词之：退潮;衰退
flood flow
ebb的反义词之：其他释义
flood flow

词组

at a low ebb
in a poor state 处于低潮，处于衰退期
ebb and flow
a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth 涨落；兴衰；消长

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VERB

（潮水或海水）退，落

When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls.
例句
When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans. 退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。
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.
例句
...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。
VERB

衰退;减退;减弱

If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears.
例句
...as a man's physical strength ebbs... 随着人体力的衰退 Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed? 会有热情减退的时候么？
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.
例句
...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。
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.
例句
...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods. 感觉和情绪的起伏

英汉词典释义

vi.
(指潮水)退; 落
They swam till the tide began to ebb. 他们一直游到开始退潮。
减少; 衰落
His fortune was beginning to ebb. 他的资产开始减少了。
n.
退潮; 落潮
The tide is on the ebb. 正在退潮。
衰退; 衰落
My luck is on the ebb. 我的运气不好。

英英词典释义

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"

行业词典

海洋科学：落潮；又称 :落潮(ebb tide )；