ebbn. 1. reflux of the tide退潮。 △3H.VI.4.8.55: “Nowstops thy spring,my sea shall suck them dry,/ Andswell so much the higher by their ebb.”現(xiàn)在你這孔泉水堵住了,我這大海就要把那些小溪吸干,它們都退落了,大海就漲得更高。 2.i.e. decline,decay退潮,(比喻)衰落,衰微。 low ebb of linen: shortage of linen shirts缺少亞麻布襯衫。 △2H.IV.2.2.22(19):“for it is a low ebb of linenwith thee when thou keepest not racket there;”你不拿球拍到網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)玩的時(shí)候,一定是因?yàn)槟愕囊r衫不夠了。 ebb[eb]n.&v.退潮,落潮,衰敗 (落) ◇ at a low ebb 衰敗,不景氣 ebb and flow 對(duì)…極為欣賞,完全相信,漲落,盛衰 on the ebb正在退落,衰落 ‖ ebb-tide n. 退潮 |