单词 | ebb |
释义 | noun | verb ebbebb1 /ɛb/ noun 1ebb and flow a situation or state in which something increases and decreases in a type of pattern: the ebb and flow of consumer demand2be at a low ebb to be in a bad state or condition: I was at my lowest ebb after the kidney surgery.3a decrease in the amount of something: the ebb in the governor’s influence4[singular] (also ebb tide) earth science the flow of the ocean away from the shore, when the tide goes out OPP flood tide noun | verb ebbebb2 verb [intransitive] 1 (also ebb away) to gradually decrease: I could feel my courage ebbing away.2earth science if the tide ebbs, it flows away from the shore |
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