ebb
/eb/ (bre, ipa) · /eb/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈeb/ (ame, mw)
ebb — 動詞
- 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
退潮
海水往外退並下降
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.
到了黃昏，潮水退了，港口護牆旁的岩石露了出來。
intransitive: tide ebb
The sea ebbed quickly after noon, leaving the fishing boats tilted.
中午後海水很快退去，讓漁船斜靠在岸邊。
subject: sea or tide
We waited for the water to ebb before crossing the muddy path.
我們等水退下去後，才穿過那條泥濘的小路。
At sunrise, the river mouth ebbed enough for sandbars to show.
日出時，河口退潮到足以讓沙洲顯現出來。
- 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.
減弱
感受或力量慢慢變淡
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.
醫師和她談過之後，Mira 的恐慌慢慢減弱了。
subject: feeling + ebb
Public anger ebbed once the mayor explained the sudden tax change.
市長解釋這次突然的稅制變動後，民眾的怒氣減弱了。
subject: reaction from a group
The pain in Lucas's shoulder ebbed after a long hot shower.
Lucas 肩膀的疼痛在洗了個熱水澡後減弱了。
As the weeks passed, Roya's excitement about the move ebbed.
幾週過去後，Roya 對搬家的興奮感漸漸減弱。
- 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 — 名詞
1. the stage of the tide when seawater is moving back out and the level is falling
落潮
海水向外退去的時段
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.
孩子們在落潮時，在濕沙上撿貝殼。
pattern: during the ebb
At the ebb, the wooden posts near the pier were fully visible.
在落潮時，碼頭附近的木樁全都看得見。
pattern: at the ebb
Fishermen pushed the boat out just before the ebb turned.
漁夫們就在落潮轉向前把船推了出去。
The guide warned us that the channel looked shallow at the ebb.
導遊提醒我們，水道在落潮時看起來很淺。
- 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
低潮
狀況降到較弱的時期
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.
連續兩個表現不佳的賽季後，票房已陷入低潮。
phrase: at a low ebb
Team morale reached an ebb after the captain left.
隊長離開後，團隊士氣跌到了低潮。
pattern: reach an ebb
Trust between the neighbors was at a low ebb during the dispute.
爭執期間，鄰居之間的信任處在低潮。
By winter, public support for the plan had sunk to an ebb.
到了冬天，民眾對這項計畫的支持已跌入低潮。
- 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.