neap
[ni:p]
adj.
小潮的，最低潮的;
n.
小潮;
最低潮;
渐趋向小潮;
达小潮的最高点;
v.
使（船）因小潮受阻;
例句:
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Neap tides are especially weak tides.
小潮涨潮尤其弱潮汐.
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Neap tides occur during quarter moons.
小潮涨潮期间发生季度卫星.
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What are neap tides?
小潮是什么?
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We have tides ranging between the highest spring tides...and the lowest neap tides.
来自R. A. Proctor
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It can pull a boat much farther than your average quarter-moon neap tide.
来自NEWYORKER
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By definition it is impossible to have a neap tide during a full moon.
来自SA