| 单词 | ebb |
| 释义 | ebb /eb/, n. 1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow). 2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation. 3. a point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb. v.i. 4. to flow back or away, as the water of a tide (opposed to flow). 5. to decline or decay; fade away: His life is gradually ebbing. [bef. 1000; (n.) ME eb(be), OE ebba; c. OFris ebba, D eb(be), G Ebbe ebb, ON efja place where water backs up; (v.) ME ebben, OE ebbian, deriv. of the n.; akin to OFF] Syn. 4. subside, abate, recede, retire. 5. dwindle, diminish, decrease. |
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