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.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.
- 政府的支持率跌到了最低点。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. the ebb and flow of the tide
- 海潮的涨落
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.
- 公德与私德均在衰落之中.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.
- 涨潮和落潮交替更迭.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》