ebb and flow

短语
大学

潮起潮落,起伏,涨落,盛衰

词形变化

ebbs and flows 复数 ebbs and flows ebbed and flowed ebbing and flowing ebbs and flows 三单 ebbing and flowing 现在分词 ebbed and flowed 过去式 ebbed and flowed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The flowing out and in of the tide.

  2. 2.

    A large flowing out and in, or any waxing and waning of fortunes or activity.

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    October 29 2001, The New Yorker Online I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway.

v.
  1. 1.

    To alternately ebb and flow, as:

    To recede and advance.

  2. 2.

    To alternately ebb and flow, as:

    To wax and wane.

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