中英互译
ebb
英 /eb/美 /eb/
基本释义
- n.衰退；退潮
- vi.衰退，衰落；（潮水或海水）退，落
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词语例句
衰退cn. (常sing.)
Morale among teachers is at a low ebb.
教师的精神面貌不佳。
退潮cn. (常sing.)
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。
衰退，衰落vi.
As night fell, our enthusiasm began to ebb away.
我们的热情随着夜晚的降临而渐渐低落下来。
（潮水或海水）退，落vi.
When the tide ebbs, you can paddle out for a mile and barely get your ankles wet.
退潮时，你可以蹚水走出1英里远而几乎湿不到脚踝。
- As night fell, our enthusiasm began to ebb away.我们的热情随着夜晚的降临而渐渐低落下来。来自《牛津词典》
- She sat in silence enjoying the ebb and flow of conversation.她默默地坐在那儿，饶有兴致地听着时高时低的谈话声。来自《牛津词典》
- The minister took up the theme and discoursed mellifluously on the ebb and flow of empires.大臣接过话锋，滔滔不绝地谈论起帝国的盛衰兴亡。
相关短语
- ebb and flow兴衰，起伏；潮的涨落
- ebb tide退潮，落潮
- at a low ebb处于低潮；衰败
- flood and ebb潮汐
- ebb away渐渐衰退；消逝
- be at a low ebb处于低潮，处于衰退状态
- Ebb Tide落潮；大浪淘沙；夏日恋人
- ebb and flow人世盛衰；潮起潮落；潮涨潮落
- at a low ebb低谷；处于低潮；不振
- ebb current落潮流；退潮流；落潮
- Ebb-tide退潮
同义词
词义分布
退潮
42.3%
衰退
19.2%
衰落
19.2%
减少
11.5%
退落
7.7%
英英释义
- n.a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- n.the outward flow of the tide
- v.flow back or recede
- v.hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
- v.fall away or decline
词源
- ebb退潮来自PIE*apo-, 离开，词源同apo-, apogee.