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- ebb [εb]
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1.
vi.
[intr]
(of tide water) to flow back or recede - Compare flow
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2.
vi.
to fall away or decline
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3.
n
the flowing back of the tide from high to low water or the period in which this takes place
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4.
n
(as modifier) - Compare flood
- the ebb tide
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5.
n
[Etymology]
Old English ebba; related to Old Norse efja river bend, Gothic ibuks moving backwards, Old High German ippih
o n to roll backwards, Middle Dutch ebbe ebb
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1.
vi.
[intr]
(of tide water) to flow back or recede - Compare flow
Examples
- the ebb of one's hopes
- 希望的变小 → ebb
- the ebb tide → ebb
- 处于低潮
- be at a low tide; be at a low ebb → 低潮
- 家道中落。
- The family fortunes declined. or The family fortunes were at a low ebb. → 家道
- 潮水退了。
- The tide has receded. or The tide is on the ebb. → 退
- 潮水的涨落
- ebb and flow of the tide → 涨落
- 生意处于低潮。
- Business is at a low ebb. → 低潮
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