ebb 音标拼音: ['ɛb]
n . 退潮,衰退
vi . 潮退,衰退
退潮,衰退潮退,衰退
ebb n 1 :
a gradual decline (
in size or strength or power or number )
[
synonym : {
ebb }, {
ebbing }, {
wane }]
2 :
the outward flow of the tide [
synonym : {
ebb }, {
reflux }]
v 1 :
flow back or recede ; "
the tides ebbed at noon " [
synonym : {
ebb },
{
ebb away }, {
ebb down }, {
ebb out }, {
ebb off }] [
ant :
{
surge }, {
tide }]
2 :
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb 3 :
fall away or decline ; "
The patient '
s strength ebbed away "
Ebb \
Ebb \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Ebbed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Ebbing }.] [
AS .
ebbian ;
akin to D . &
G .
ebben ,
Dan .
ebbe .
See 2d {
Ebb }.]
1 .
To flow back ;
to return ,
as the water of a tide toward the ocean ; --
opposed to {
flow }.
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That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow . --
Pope .
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2 .
To return or fall back from a better to a worse state ;
to decline ;
to decay ;
to recede .
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The hours of life ebb fast . --
Blackmore .
Syn :
To recede ;
retire ;
withdraw ;
decay ;
decrease ;
wane ;
sink ;
lower .
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Ebb \
Ebb \ ([
e ^]
b ),
n . (
Zo ["
o ]
l .)
The European bunting .
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Ebb \
Ebb \,
n . [
AS .
ebba ;
akin to Fries .
ebba ,
D .
eb ,
ebbe ,
Dan .
&
G .
ebbe ,
Sw .
ebb ,
cf .
Goth .
ibuks backward ;
prob .
akin to E .
even .]
1 .
The reflux or flowing back of the tide ;
the return of the tidal wave toward the sea ; --
opposed to {
flood };
as ,
the boats will go out on the ebb .
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Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow Claspest the limits of morality ! --
Shelley .
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2 .
The state or time of passing away ;
a falling from a better to a worse state ;
low state or condition ;
decline ;
decay .
"
Our ebb of life ." --
Roscommon .
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Painting was then at its lowest ebb . --
Dryden .
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{
Ebb and flow },
the alternate ebb and flood of the tide ;
often used figuratively .
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This alternation between unhealthy activity and depression ,
this ebb and flow of the industrial .
--
A .
T .
Hadley .
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Ebb \
Ebb \,
v .
t .
To cause to flow back . [
Obs .] --
Ford .
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Ebb \
Ebb \,
a .
Receding ;
going out ;
falling ;
shallow ;
low .
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The water there is otherwise very low and ebb .
--
Holland .
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232 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ebb ":
abate ,
ablate ,
advance ,
ascend ,
back ,
back up ,
bate ,
be eaten away ,
budge ,
calm ,
calm down ,
catabasis ,
cease ,
cessation ,
change ,
change place ,
circle ,
climb ,
collapse ,
comedown ,
consume ,
consume away ,
corrode ,
course ,
crash ,
crumble ,
dead set ,
dead stand ,
dead stop ,
deadlock ,
debasement ,
decadence ,
decadency ,
deceleration ,
declension ,
declination ,
decline ,
decline and fall ,
decrease ,
decrescendo ,
deformation ,
degeneracy ,
degenerateness ,
degeneration ,
degradation ,
deliquesce ,
demotion ,
depravation ,
depravedness ,
depreciation ,
derogation ,
descend ,
descent ,
deterioration ,
devolution ,
die ,
die away ,
die down ,
diminish ,
diminuendo ,
direct tide ,
dive ,
downtrend ,
downturn ,
downward mobility ,
downward trend ,
drift away ,
drop ,
drop off ,
dwindle ,
dwindling ,
dying ,
dying down ,
ease off ,
ebb and flow ,
ebb tide ,
ebbing ,
effeteness ,
erode ,
fade ,
fade away ,
fading ,
fail ,
failing ,
failure ,
failure of nerve ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall off ,
falling -
off ,
flood ,
flood tide ,
flow ,
flow back ,
flow in ,
flow out ,
flush ,
flux ,
flux and reflux ,
full stop ,
full tide ,
get over ,
go ,
go around ,
go away ,
go down ,
go downhill ,
go off ,
go round ,
go sideways ,
gush ,
gyrate ,
halt ,
high tide ,
high water ,
hit a slump ,
hit rock bottom ,
hit the skids ,
involution ,
issue ,
languish ,
lapse ,
lessen ,
let up ,
lock ,
loss of tone ,
low tide ,
low water ,
lull ,
lunar tide ,
make ,
melt away ,
moderate ,
molder ,
mount ,
move ,
move away ,
move off ,
move over ,
neap ,
neap tide ,
opposite tide ,
pacify ,
peter out ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
pour ,
progress ,
pull away ,
quiesce ,
quiet ,
quieten ,
reach the depths ,
recede ,
refluence ,
reflux ,
regress ,
regression ,
regurgitate ,
relent ,
remission ,
retire ,
retreat ,
retrocede ,
retrocession ,
retrogradation ,
retrograde ,
retrogress ,
retrogression ,
rip ,
riptide ,
rise ,
rotate ,
run ,
run down ,
run low ,
rush ,
sag ,
set ,
shift ,
shrink ,
sink ,
slacken ,
slide ,
slip ,
slippage ,
slowdown ,
slump ,
soar ,
solar tide ,
soothe ,
spin ,
spring tide ,
stand ,
stand off ,
standstill ,
stillstand ,
stir ,
stop ,
stream ,
subside ,
subsidence ,
surge ,
surge back ,
tail off ,
thalassometer ,
tidal amplitude ,
tidal current ,
tidal current chart ,
tidal flow ,
tidal range ,
tide ,
tide chart ,
tide gate ,
tide gauge ,
tide race ,
tide rip ,
tidewater ,
tideway ,
touch bottom ,
tranquilize ,
travel ,
trend ,
wane ,
waning ,
waste ,
waste away ,
wear ,
wear away ,
whirl ,
widen the distance ,
withdraw
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