| [/eb; ɛb/] v [I, Ip] ~ (away) 用法:
1 (of the tide) go out; recede （指潮水）退落; 退潮; 落潮. Cf 参看 flow 5. 用法:
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. ebb 2
n [sing] 用法:
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. 用法:
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. |