音标：[ebz] ；

n. 退潮( ebb的名词复数 ); 落潮; 衰退
v. （指潮水）退( ebb的第三人称单数 ); 落; 减少; 衰落

n a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
n the outward flow of the tide
v flow back or recede
v hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
v fall away or decline

ebb的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

They started sailing on the ebb.他们于退潮时出航了。
But the moments will never ebb away.但那些瞬间永远不会退潮。
Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.公德与私德均在衰落之中。
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.)

Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.渔船趁着落潮出航。
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。
The economy of the country is at a low ebb.该国的经济处於衰退阶段。
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)

They swam till the tide began to ebb.他们一直游到开始退潮。
His fortune was beginning to ebb.他的资产开始减少了。

用作名词(n.)

The tide is on the ebb.正在退潮。
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

【近义词】

retreat撤退
recede后退
diminish减少
lessen减少
subside沉没
decline下降
decrease减少
go out出去
flow away流逝(流走)
fade逐渐消失
disappear消失
fail失败
ebb tide落潮
outgoing tide退潮
disappearance消失
languish衰弱无力
tide趋势
back后面
afternoon下午
wane衰落
withdraw撤回
pine松树
lower低的
ebbing动词ebb的现在进行式...
reflux逆流
ebb away衰退

【反义词】

tide趋势
flow流动
flood淹没

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