中英词典查询

ebb [ɛb]

vi. （指潮水）退; 跌落; 减少; 衰落;
n. 退潮; 落潮; 衰退; 减少;
复数：: ebbs 过去式：: ebbed 过去分词：: ebbed 现在分词：: ebbing 第三人称单数：: ebbs
[同义词] 减少;衰退;退出: lessen retreat recede subside decline decrease diminish
[反义词] 退潮;衰退: flood flow

例句:

  • 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。
  • The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.
    政府的支持率跌到了最低点。
  • the ebb and flow of the tide
    海潮的涨落
  • The excitement which had sustained him...had begun to ebb.
    来自P. G. Wodehouse
  • The water of the bay began to ebb away.
    来自R. Hughes
  • Obama will take power at its lowest ebb.
    来自NEWYORKER
  • His fortune was beginning to ebb.
    他的资产开始减少了。
    来自《权威词典》
  • They swam till the tide began to ebb.
    他们一直游到开始退潮。
    来自《权威词典》