neap

a. 小潮的 n. 小潮, 最低潮 vi. 渐趋向小潮, 达小潮的最高点 vt. 使(船)因小潮受阻 [计] Novell教育学术团体

发音

其它 /niːp/

词形变化

neaps 复数 neaped neaping neaps 三单 neaps neaping 现在分词 neaped 过去式 neaped 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

  2. 1.

    A neap tide.

  3. 1.

    Alternative form of neep.

v.
  1. 1.

    To trap (a ship) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.

  2. 2.

    Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

neap tide

上位词 2

high water high tide

相关短语

neap tide n. 小潮 neap tides

词源

Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip (“forked pole”).

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