ebb /ɛb/ star1 CET6+ TEM8 (ebbing,ebbed,ebbs)

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  V-I（不及物动词） When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. 退潮

  例：

  When the tide ebbs, you can paddle out for a mile and barely get your ankles wet.

  退潮时，你可以蹚水走出1英里远而几乎湿不到脚踝。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Theebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. 退潮

  例：

  ...the spring ebb tide.

  …春季的退潮。

• 3.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. 衰退 [正式]

  例：

  Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?

  热情会有衰退的时候吗？

• 4.  

  PHRASAL VERB（动词词组） Ebb away means the same as . 衰退

  例：

  His little girl's life ebbed away.

  他小女儿的生命衰竭了。

• 5.  

  PHRASE（习语） If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not very successful or profitable. 处于低潮

  例：

  ...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb.

  …一个每人都处于疲惫状态和低潮的时刻