英语词汇“ebb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ebb

/ɛb

noun (usually the ebb)

The movement of the tide out to sea: the tide was on the ebb [as modifier]: the ebb tide...

The hardest thing about this lock is if you have a boat coming in on the ebb tide.
If you must go out on to the sands go out when the tide is on the ebb so that if you do get stuck we have a chance of getting you out.
The tide was on the ebb, the sand was firm and wide.

Synonyms

receding, going out, flowing back, retreat, retreating, drawing back, abating, subsiding

rare retrocession

verb [no object]

1(Of tidewater) move away from the land; recede: the tide began to ebb...

The tide that had risen some time ago, the house had sunk in it, but now the water had ebbed and the man was where he should have been - on the shore.
When the high water ebbs and the water in the lagoon and the sea reach the same level, the gates are filled once again with water until they return to their original position.
These might contain a couple of feet of water or a mere stream when the tide ebbs, but quickly become deep, surging rivers of seawater when it flows.

Synonyms

recede, go out, retreat, flow back, draw back, fall back, fall away, abate, subside

rare retrocede

Compare with flow.

2(Of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease: my enthusiasm was ebbing away...

I closed my eyes and gradually felt the hurt and disappointment ebbing away when I felt his arms enveloping me, encasing me in his warmth.
He sighed, a bit of the anger ebbing away from his countenance.
I breathe deeply and slowly, and gradually the sinking feeling ebbs and I lift my head.

Synonyms

diminish, dwindle, wane, fade away, melt away, peter out, decline, die away, die down, die out, flag, let up, lessen, decrease, weaken, dissolve, disappear, come to an end;

deteriorate, decay, degenerate

archaic remit

abatement, subsiding, easing, waning, dwindling, petering out, dying away, dying down, dying out, fading away, de-escalation, decrease, decline, diminution, diminishing, lessening

Phrases

at a low ebb

ebb and flow

Origin

Old English ebba (noun), ebbian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ebbe (noun), ebben (verb), and ultimately to of which had the primary sense 'away from'.

单词	ebb
释义	ebb /ɛb / noun (usually the ebb) The movement of the tide out to sea: the tide was on the ebb [as modifier]: the ebb tide... The hardest thing about this lock is if you have a boat coming in on the ebb tide. If you must go out on to the sands go out when the tide is on the ebb so that if you do get stuck we have a chance of getting you out. The tide was on the ebb, the sand was firm and wide. Synonyms receding, going out, flowing back, retreat, retreating, drawing back, abating, subsiding rare retrocession verb [no object] 1(Of tidewater) move away from the land; recede: the tide began to ebb... The tide that had risen some time ago, the house had sunk in it, but now the water had ebbed and the man was where he should have been - on the shore. When the high water ebbs and the water in the lagoon and the sea reach the same level, the gates are filled once again with water until they return to their original position. These might contain a couple of feet of water or a mere stream when the tide ebbs, but quickly become deep, surging rivers of seawater when it flows. Synonyms recede, go out, retreat, flow back, draw back, fall back, fall away, abate, subside rare retrocede Compare with flow. 2(Of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease: my enthusiasm was ebbing away... I closed my eyes and gradually felt the hurt and disappointment ebbing away when I felt his arms enveloping me, encasing me in his warmth. He sighed, a bit of the anger ebbing away from his countenance. I breathe deeply and slowly, and gradually the sinking feeling ebbs and I lift my head. Synonyms diminish, dwindle, wane, fade away, melt away, peter out, decline, die away, die down, die out, flag, let up, lessen, decrease, weaken, dissolve, disappear, come to an end; deteriorate, decay, degenerate archaic remit abatement, subsiding, easing, waning, dwindling, petering out, dying away, dying down, dying out, fading away, de-escalation, decrease, decline, diminution, diminishing, lessening Phrases at a low ebb ebb and flow Origin Old English ebba (noun), ebbian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ebbe (noun), ebben (verb), and ultimately to of which had the primary sense 'away from'. Rhymes Aurangzeb, bleb, celeb, deb, pleb, reb, web, Webb
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