ebb

C2 大学 FREQ #31544

n. 退潮, 衰退 vi. 潮退, 衰退

发音

US /ɛb/

词形变化

ebbs 复数 ebbs ebbed ebbeth ebbing ebbs 三单 ebbing 现在分词 ebbed 过去式 ebbed 过去分词 ebber 比较级 ebber ebbest ebbest 最高级

别名

ebbe

教材释义与例句

名词

衰退；退潮；衰落

动词

衰退；减少；衰落；潮退

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The receding movement of the tide.

    退潮

    落潮

    The boats will go out on the ebb.

  2. 2.

    A gradual decline.

  3. 3.

    A low state; a state of depression.

  4. 4.

    A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).

v. C2
  1. 1.

    to flow back or recede

    不及物

    The tides ebbed at noon.

  2. 2.

    to fall away or decline

    减退

    不及物

    The dying man's strength ebbed away.

  3. 3.

    to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To cause to flow back.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    low, shallow

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

reflux wane ebbing

上位词 4

flow flowing decline diminution

整体词 1

ebb tide
动词

反义词 1

tide

上位词 7

surround recede fallback circumvent besiege beleaguer hem in

相关短语

ebb and flow 潮起潮落,起伏,涨落,盛衰 ebb tide n. 退潮, 落潮 ebb tides at a low ebb 衰败

词源

From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó. See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off.

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