ebb的意思

基本释义

• n 衰退；退潮；衰落

  the flow of the sea away from the shore, when the tide goes out

• v 衰退；减少；衰落；潮退

  if the tide ebbs, it flows away from the shore

例句

1. His confidence is at a low ebb.

   他的信心很低落。

2. They swam till the tide began to ebb.

   他们一直游到开始退潮。

3. His fortune was beginning to ebb.

   他的资产开始减少了。 (

4. The tide is on the ebb.

   正在退潮。

5. My luck is on the ebb.

   我的运气不好。

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

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反义词

英英释义

noun 1. the outward flow of the tide Synonym: reflux 2. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) Synonym: ebbingwane verb 1. fall away or decline e.g. The patient's strength ebbed away 2. hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb 3. flow back or recede e.g. the tides ebbed at noon Synonym: ebb awayebb downebb outebb off