释义 |
half-ebb The state or time of the tide, when its reflux is half completed.
c1391Chaucer Astrol. ii. §46 And þere also maist þou wite..wheþer it be..half flode, or quarter flode..half or quarter ebbe. a1490Botoner Itin. (Nasmith 1778) 153 Et a half flode usque half ebb tunc debet navis transire. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 116 It was about half ebb, when one of our men took notice of a Rock. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. i. i. (ed. 2) 9 The stream flows from half flood to half ebb, and ebbs from half ebb to half flood. |