ebb
英[eb]
美[?b]
- n. 衰退；退潮；衰落
- vi. 衰退；減少；衰落；潮退
詞態變化
復數:?ebbs;第三人稱單數:?ebbs;過去式:?ebbed;過去分詞:?ebbed;現在分詞:?ebbing;
助記提示
Ebb:?矮波，退潮的時候波浪當然矮了----退潮，衰退。
中文詞源
ebb 退潮
來自PIE*apo-, 離開，詞源同apo-, apogee.
英文詞源
- ebb
- ebb: [OE] Water that is ebbing is literally going ‘off’ or ‘away’. The word comes from West Germanic *abjon, a noun formed from *ab, ancestor of modern English of, off, which denoted removal or departure.
=> of, off - ebb (n.)
- Old English ebba "falling of the tide, low tide," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *af- (cognates: Old Frisian ebba, Old Saxon ebbiunga, Middle Dutch ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe), from PIE root *apo- "off, away" (see apo-). Figurative sense of "decline, decay, gradual diminution" is from late 14c. Ebb-tide is from 1776.
- ebb (v.)
- Old English ebbian "flow back, subside," from the root of ebb (n.). Figurative use in late Old English. Related: Ebbed; ebbing.
雙語例句
- 1. We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.
- 我們決定第二天早晨6點鐘趁退潮時離開。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.
- 政府的支持率跌到了最低點。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the ebb and flow of the tide
- 海潮的漲落
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.
- 公德與私德均在衰落之中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.
- 漲潮和落潮交替更迭.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》