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ebb vi.（指潮水）退;跌落;减少;衰落;n.退潮;落潮;衰退;减少; third:ebbs~done:ebbed~pl:ebbs~ing:ebbing~past:ebbed~

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英[eb]  美[ɛb] VERB（潮水或海水）退，落When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls.例：When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。N-COUNT退潮（期）;落潮（期）The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land.例：...the spring ebb tide...春季退潮例：We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.我们决定第二天早晨6点钟趁退潮时离开。VERB衰退;减退;减弱If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears.例：...as a man's physical strength ebbs...随着人体力的衰退例：Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?会有热情减退的时候么？PHRASE处于低潮;处于衰退状态If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable.例：...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb...每个人都疲惫不堪、处于低潮的一段时间例：The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.政府的支持率跌到了最低点。PHRASE起伏;消长；盛衰You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls.例：...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.感觉和情绪的起伏

单词	ebb
音标	英[eb] 美[ɛb]
解释	vi.（指潮水）退;跌落;减少;衰落;n.退潮;落潮;衰退;减少;
例句	VERB （潮水或海水）退，落 When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. 例：When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。 N-COUNT 退潮（期）;落潮（期） The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. 例：...the spring ebb tide...春季退潮例：We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.我们决定第二天早晨6点钟趁退潮时离开。 VERB 衰退;减退;减弱 If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. 例：...as a man's physical strength ebbs...随着人体力的衰退例：Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?会有热情减退的时候么？ PHRASE 处于低潮;处于衰退状态 If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable. 例：...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb...每个人都疲惫不堪、处于低潮的一段时间例：The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.政府的支持率跌到了最低点。 PHRASE 起伏;消长；盛衰 You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls. 例：...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.感觉和情绪的起伏
变形	third:ebbs~done:ebbed~pl:ebbs~ing:ebbing~past:ebbed~

Ebb Tide Gradually Verb Sea Level Falls 例：...The