衰退;减弱;使(潮水)回流;用桩和网捕鱼;退落;回流;衰退;减退
to flow back or recede, especially of a tide
退落;回流
to flow back or recede
衰退;减退
to fall away or decline
以桩网捕鱼(防鱼随退潮回海)
to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
使回流
To cause to flow back.
一般现在时
The tide ebbs twice a day.
潮水每天退落两次。
一般过去时
Her confidence ebbed after the failure.
失败后,她的信心减退了。
past continuous
Support for the plan was ebbing.
对这个计划的支持当时正在减弱。
作动词指潮水退落,也指力量、热情等衰退。注意过去式和过去分词均为 ebbed。
The tide is ebbing now, so the beach is getting wider.
潮水正在退去,所以海滩变得越来越宽。
用法提示:ebb 作动词,用进行时表示潮水此刻正在退落。
Every evening, the sea ebbs and leaves a line of shells on the sand.
每天傍晚,海水退去,在沙滩上留下一排贝壳。
用法提示:ebb 作动词,用一般现在时描述海水退去这一反复出现的自然现象。
By the time we reached the shore, the tide had ebbed past the rocks.
等我们到达岸边时,潮水已经退过那些礁石了。
用法提示:ebb 作动词,用过去完成时表示潮水在说话之前的某一时刻已经退落。
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