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n. 衰退；退潮；衰落
vi. 衰退；减少；衰落；潮退
vi.
（指潮水）退；跌落；减少；衰落
n.
退潮；落潮；衰退；减少
变形
复数：ebbs过去式：ebbed过去分词：ebbed现在分词：ebbing第三人称单数：ebbs
双语释义
v.(动词)vi. (指潮水)退；落 (of the tide) flow back from the land to the sea
vi. 减少；衰落 grow less;become slowly,weak or faint
n.(名词)[U]退潮；落潮 the flowing out of the tide
[U]衰退；衰落 low state;decline or decay
英英释义
ebb[ eb ]
n.
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
同义词：ebbingwane
the outward flow of the tide
同义词：reflux
v.
flow back or recede
"the tides ebbed at noon"
同义词：ebb awayebb downebb outebb off
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
fall away or decline
"The patient's strength ebbed away"
词组短语
ebb and flow兴衰，起伏；潮的涨落
ebb tide退潮，落潮
at a low ebb处于低潮；衰败
flood and ebb潮汐
ebb away渐渐衰退；消逝
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
They started sailing on the ebb.
他们于退潮时出航了。
But the moments will never ebb away.
但那些瞬间永远不会退潮。
Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.
公德与私德均在衰落之中。
Manufacturing business is now at a low ebb.
制造业现正处于衰落中。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.
渔船趁着落潮出航。
We dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla,and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide.
我们丢给了她船尾的一条七尺长的绳子，让她舒适地感受落潮的律动。
The economy of the country is at a low ebb.
该国的经济处於衰退阶段。
Brain is not used well, be about to ebb or go slant.
脑子不好好用，就要衰退或走偏。
权威例句
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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.
1. The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.
涨潮和落潮交替更迭。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. But the flood of summer light had began to ebb, the air had grown mellow.
然而夏季的强烈光线已开始进入低潮，空气已变得温和宜人。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. Her biorhythms were at their lowest ebb.
她的生物周期正处最低潮。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. His influence is on the ebb.
他的影响力逐渐在衰退。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. Public confidence in the President is at a low ebb.
民众对总统的信心在减退。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. Her spirits were at a very low ebb, ie She was very depressed.
她的情绪极度低落.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. The ebb was now making.
正在退潮。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. The economy of the country was at a low ebb.
该国的经济处于衰退阶段。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. The scandal brought his credibility to its lowest ebb.
那件丑闻使他的信誉跌到最低点。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. The minister took up the theme and discoursed mellifluously on the ebb and flow of empires.
大臣接过话锋，滔滔不绝地谈论起古今多少帝国的盛衰兴亡。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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