ebb

柯林斯词典

1. V-I When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. 退潮
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 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
...the spring ebb tide. …春季的退潮。
3. V-I If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. 衰退[正式]
Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?
热情会有衰退的时候吗？
4. PHRASAL VERB Ebb away means the same as . 衰退
His little girl's life ebbed away. 他小女儿的生命衰竭了。
5. PHRASE 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
...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