ebb
/eb/ (bre, ipa) · /eb/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈeb/ (ame, mw)
ebb — verb
- ebbpresent simple I / you / we / they
- ebbs3rd person singular
- ebbing-ing form
- ebbedpast simple
1. When the tide or sea ebbs, the water moves back from the land and exposes more o
When the tide or sea ebbs, the water moves back from the land and exposes more of the shore.
By dusk, the tide ebbed and rocks appeared beside the harbor wall.
intransitive: tide ebb
The sea ebbed quickly after noon, leaving the fishing boats tilted.
subject: sea or tide
We waited for the water to ebb before crossing the muddy path.
At sunrise, the river mouth ebbed enough for sandbars to show.
- flood
describes the tide coming in and rising
文法句型
the tide ebbs
water ebbs before an action
用法筆記
Used mainly for tides, seawater, or another large body of water rather than for single waves.
2. If a feeling, amount, or force ebbs, it slowly becomes weaker and may fade away.
If a feeling, amount, or force ebbs, it slowly becomes weaker and may fade away.
After the doctor spoke to her, Mira's panic slowly ebbed.
subject: feeling + ebb
Public anger ebbed once the mayor explained the sudden tax change.
subject: reaction from a group
The pain in Lucas's shoulder ebbed after a long hot shower.
As the weeks passed, Roya's excitement about the move ebbed.
- rise
used when feelings, support, or pressure become stronger
文法句型
fear ebbs
support ebbs after an event
用法筆記
Often used for feelings, pain, pressure, crowds, or support that lessen gradually instead of stopping at once.
ebb — noun
1. the stage of the tide when seawater is moving back out and the level is falling
the stage of the tide when seawater is moving back out and the level is falling
The children collected shells on the wet sand during the ebb.
pattern: during the ebb
At the ebb, the wooden posts near the pier were fully visible.
pattern: at the ebb
Fishermen pushed the boat out just before the ebb turned.
The guide warned us that the channel looked shallow at the ebb.
- low tide
the common everyday term for this stage of the tide
- flood tide
the period when the sea is rising toward the land
文法句型
during the ebb
at the ebb
用法筆記
Usually appears with the article 'the' or after a preposition when people talk about tidal timing.
2. a period when something like confidence, trade, or support has dropped to a weak
a period when something like confidence, trade, or support has dropped to a weak level
After two weak seasons, ticket sales were at a low ebb.
phrase: at a low ebb
Team morale reached an ebb after the captain left.
pattern: reach an ebb
Trust between the neighbors was at a low ebb during the dispute.
By winter, public support for the plan had sunk to an ebb.
- peak
the highest or strongest point in a period
文法句型
at a low ebb
reach an ebb
sink to an ebb
用法筆記
Most often seen in the phrase 'at a low ebb' when describing morale, business, or public support in a weakened state.