ebb
美音:[eb
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英音:[eb
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n.退,弱,退潮,衰落 vi.潮退,衰退
难易程度:
ebb为六级词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:ebbed 过去分词:ebbed 现在分词:ebbing 第三人称单数:ebbs
近义词, 同义词
be small lie in a nutshell diminish decrease contract shrink shrivel ebb reduce inconsiderable paltry unimportant faint weak slender light slight scanty scant limited meager insufficient sparing few so-so middling tolerable no great shakes* below par at a low ebb halfway moderate modest subtle evanescent infinitesimal very small atomic microscopic molecular subatomic mere simple sheer baredecrease diminution lessening subtraction reduction abatement shrinking contraction abridgment abbreviation shortening extenuation subsidence wane ebb decline ebbing descent decrement depreciation deterioration anticlimax mitigation moderation
相关词
ebb
/eb; ɛb/
v [I, Ip] ~ (away)
1 (of the tide) go out; recede （指潮水）退落; 退潮; 落潮. Cf 参看 flow 5.
2 (fig 比喻) grow less; become slowly weak or faint 减少; 衰落; 衰退
*Daylight was ebbing away. 白昼在逐渐消失.
* Our enthusiasm soon began to ebb. 我们的热情不久就凉下来了.
n [sing]
1 (usu 通常作 the ebb) (of a tide) the flowing out （指潮水）退落; 退潮; 落潮
*The tide is on the ebb, ie is going out. 正在退潮. Cf 参看 flood2 3.
2 (idm 习语) at a low ebb => low1. the ebb and flow (of sth) (of noise, fashions, etc) regular increase and decrease in intensity; constant fluctuation （指声音、流行式样等）消长, 兴衰; 不断长落, 起伏
*the ebb and flow of conversation 谈话声此起彼伏. on the `ebb diminishing; declining 正在减弱; 正在衰退; 正在衰落
*My luck is on the ebb. 我的运气每况愈下.
v [I, Ip] ~ (away)
1 (of the tide) go out; recede （指潮水）退落; 退潮; 落潮. Cf 参看 flow 5.
2 (fig 比喻) grow less; become slowly weak or faint 减少; 衰落; 衰退
*Daylight was ebbing away. 白昼在逐渐消失.
* Our enthusiasm soon began to ebb. 我们的热情不久就凉下来了.
n [sing]
1 (usu 通常作 the ebb) (of a tide) the flowing out （指潮水）退落; 退潮; 落潮
*The tide is on the ebb, ie is going out. 正在退潮. Cf 参看 flood2 3.
2 (idm 习语) at a low ebb => low1. the ebb and flow (of sth) (of noise, fashions, etc) regular increase and decrease in intensity; constant fluctuation （指声音、流行式样等）消长, 兴衰; 不断长落, 起伏
*the ebb and flow of conversation 谈话声此起彼伏. on the `ebb diminishing; declining 正在减弱; 正在衰退; 正在衰落
*My luck is on the ebb. 我的运气每况愈下.
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