ebb
英 [eb]
美[ɛb]
- n. 衰退；退潮；衰落
- vi. 衰退；减少；衰落；潮退
词态变化
复数: ebbs;第三人称单数: ebbs;过去式: ebbed;过去分词: ebbed;现在分词: ebbing;
助记提示
Ebb: 矮波，退潮的时候波浪当然矮了----退潮，衰退。
中文词源
ebb 退潮
来自PIE*apo-, 离开，词源同apo-, apogee.
英英释意
- 1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- 2. the outward flow of the tide
英文词源
- ebb
- ebb: [OE] Water that is ebbing is literally going ‘off’ or ‘away’. The word comes from West Germanic *abjon, a noun formed from *ab, ancestor of modern English of, off, which denoted removal or departure.
=> of, off - ebb (n.)
- Old English ebba "falling of the tide, low tide," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *af- (cognates: Old Frisian ebba, Old Saxon ebbiunga, Middle Dutch ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe), from PIE root *apo- "off, away" (see apo-). Figurative sense of "decline, decay, gradual diminution" is from late 14c. Ebb-tide is from 1776.
- ebb (v.)
- Old English ebbian "flow back, subside," from the root of ebb (n.). Figurative use in late Old English. Related: Ebbed; ebbing.
词组搭配
at a low ebb
in a poor state
处于低潮，处于衰退期
the country was at a low ebb due to the recent war.
由于最近的战争，该国处于衰退期。
ebb and flow
a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth
涨落；兴衰；消长
实用场景例句
- the ebb tide
- 退潮
牛津词典
- the ebb and flow of the seasons
- 四时更迭
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。
牛津词典
- The pain was ebbing.
- 疼痛逐渐减轻了。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- ...as a man's physical strength ebbs...
- 随着人体力的衰退
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?
- 会有热情减退的时候么？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb...
- 每个人都疲惫不堪、处于低潮的一段时间
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.
- 政府的支持率跌到了最低点。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.
- 感觉和情绪的起伏
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.
- 退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the spring ebb tide...
- 春季退潮
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Business is at a low ebb.
- 生意处于低潮.
期刊摘选
- Business is at rather a low ebb.
- 商业颇不景气.
期刊摘选
- Morale was at low ebb.
- 当时士气低落.
期刊摘选
- Today everybody is in high spirits and no one is in low ebb.
- 今天大家都兴高采烈,没有一个情绪低落的.
期刊摘选
- There is some evidence that dishonesty may ebb and flow.
- 有迹象表明,不诚实行为可能有起有伏.
期刊摘选
- Ironically, relations between British and American Intelligence in late 1950's were at their lowest postwar ebb.
- 然而,令人啼笑皆非的是, 50年代末,英美情报机关之间的关系处在了战后时期的最低潮.
辞典例句
- Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.
- 渔船趁着落潮出航.
《简明英汉词典》
- He's never lost heart in the ebb and flow of his life.
- 他在人生的变幻中从未灰心丧气过.
期刊摘选
- They swam till the tide began to ebb.
- 他们一直游到开始退潮.
《简明英汉词典》
- Crime is on the eBB.
- 犯罪正在减少.
期刊摘选
- Our hope of winning began to ebb in the third round.
- 比赛进入第三回合时我们打赢的希望变得渺茫了.
期刊摘选
- I sat on the porch a long time, waiting for my emotions to ebb.
- 我在门廊里坐了好久, 等待着我的情绪稳定下来.
辞典例句
- His fortune was beginning to ebb.
- 他的资产开始减少了.
《简明英汉词典》