Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #13680
ebbed
/eb/
verb
退潮；（潮水）退落
ebbed is the past of ebb.
核心释义
to flow back or recede, especially of a tide
- 1.
退落；回流
to flow back or recede
- 2.
衰退；减退
to fall away or decline
- 3.
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
- 4.
使回流
To cause to flow back.
衰退；减弱；使（潮水）回流；用桩和网捕鱼；退落；回流；衰退；减退
用法In use
The tide is ebbing now, so the beach is getting wider.
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.
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.
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。
Verb forms
base ebb · third person ebbs · -ing ebbing · past ebbed · past participle ebbed
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。
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