Ebb

[eb] or [ɛb]

解释:

(noun.) the outward flow of the tide.

(noun.) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).

(verb.) fall away or decline; 'The patient's strength ebbed away'.

(verb.) hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb.

(verb.) flow back or recede; 'the tides ebbed at noon'.

校对:玛吉--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The European bunting.

(n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.

(n.) The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.

(v. i.) To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.

(v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

(v. t.) To cause to flow back.

(a.) Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.

安妮编辑

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Regression, regress, retrocession, retrogression, reflux, refluence, return.[2]. Decline, decay, deterioration, degeneracy.[3]. Decrease, diminution, abatement, decrement, subsidence.

v. n. [1]. Recede, retire, flow back.[2]. Decline, decrease, decay, wane, sink, fall away.

录入:库尔特

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Retire, recede, decrease, sick, decline, decay, wane

ANT:Flow, increase, abound, swell

约瑟芬校对

解释:

n. the going back or retiring of the tide: a decline or decay.—v.i. to flow back: to sink: to decay.—n. Ebb′-tide the ebbing or retiring tide.

亨廷顿编辑