Ebb
[eb] or [ɛb]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
校對:玛吉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
安妮編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
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.
錄入:库尔特
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Retire, recede, decrease, sick, decline, decay, wane
ANT:Flow, increase, abound, swell
约瑟芬校對
解釋/意思:
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.
亨廷顿編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- This reflection thawed my congealing blood, and again the tide of life and love flowed impetuously onward, again to ebb as my busy thoughts changed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Life will ebb and flow to and from every region seasonally as the interest of that region rises or declines. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I had pulled down as far as Greenwich with the ebb tide, and had turned with the tide. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- SUNDAY EVENING As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There being no wind, we were obliged, when the ebb was spent, to cast anchor and wait for the next. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- In my heart and my conscience I can say it, Laura's hopes for the future are at their lowest ebb. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It's the ebb now, sir, as anybody may see for themselves. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Through the heart of the town a deadly sewer ebbed and flowed, in the place of a fine fresh river. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The tide ebbed, and the tide flowed; the summer went on, and the autumn came. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She shared it with him; and lingering on without pain, but without hope, her life ebbed slowly away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The world had passed away from him, as his strength ebbed. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- When the tide ebbed, the town was left dry; but on its flow, it rose even higher than on the preceding night. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But many things have told against me in my practice, and it really just now has ebbed to a low point. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- For three hours we strolled about together, watching the ever-changing kaleidoscope of life as it ebbs and flows through Fleet Street and the Strand. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Is there any chance of finding her, when the tide ebbs again? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The canoe lifted with the lightest ebbing of the water. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- His blood, which seemed to have been drawn back into death, came ebbing on the return, surely, beautifully, powerfully. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The normal consciousness however was returning, ebbing back. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- One more frantic effort I made with my fast ebbing strength. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- A low-lying place and a low-spirited place Calais was, with the tide ebbing out towards low water-mark. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
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