音标:[eb] ;
n. 退潮, 衰退
vi. 潮退, 衰退
n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
n. the outward flow of the tide
v. flow back or recede
词型变化:过去式 : ebbed ; 过去分词 : ebbed ; 名词复数形式 : ebbs ; 第三人称单数 : ebbs ; 现在分词 : ebbing
考试类型:[考研/托福/GRE]
词性分布:
名词52%
动词48%

ebb的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. They started sailing on the ebb.他们于退潮时出航了。
  2. But the moments will never ebb away.但那些瞬间永远不会退潮。
  3. Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.公德与私德均在衰落之中。
  4. Manufacturing business is now at a low ebb.制造业现正处于衰落中。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.渔船趁着落潮出航。
  2. We dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla,and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide.我们丢给了她船尾的一条七尺长的绳子,让她舒适地感受落潮的律动。
  3. The economy of the country is at a low ebb.该国的经济处於衰退阶段。
  4. Brain is not used well, be about to ebb or go slant.脑子不好好用,就要衰退或走偏。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. They swam till the tide began to ebb.他们一直游到开始退潮。
  2. His fortune was beginning to ebb.他的资产开始减少了。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The tide is on the ebb.正在退潮。
  2. My luck is on the ebb.我的运气不好。

词汇搭配

  • at a low ebb处于低潮
  • ebb surge落潮涌浪
  • maximum ebb最大落潮流速...
  • minimum ebb最小落潮速度,最小落...
  • lesser ebb小落潮流
  • ebb gate退潮闸门
  • ebb current落潮流
  • greater ebb大落潮
  • ebb strength最大落潮流
  • ebb stream落潮流
  • ebb tide落潮
  • double ebb双低潮
  • ebb and flow兴衰
  • at the ebb正在退潮,衰落...
  • at the lowest ebb衰落到极点
  • ebb back回复
  • on the ebb在退潮
  • at its lowest ebb衰落到极点
  • ebb away衰退

经典引文

  • I didn't have to row, the ebb was carrying me out.

    出自:S. Beckett
  • The sea will ebb and flow.

    出自:Love's Labour's Lost,Shakespeare
  • The water of the bay began to ebb away.

    出自:R. Hughes
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