| 单词 | slack tide |
| 释义 | slack tide (once / 407563 pages) n WORD FAMILY slack tide USAGE EXAMPLESA group of volunteers called the “Saltwater Cowboys” rounds up the ponies and leads them through the passage at slack tide. Washington Times(Jul 29, 2015) The signal comes just before noon to announce that slack tide, when the water is still, has finally arrived in this basin. Newsweek(Oct 14, 2014) Waterborne Workhorses Time Staten Island’s Tides It was slack tide and, for the moment, the slate gray waters of the Kill Van Kull were still. New York Times(Jul 31, 2013) n the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide Syn|Hyper slack water tide the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
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