ebb

英 [eb] 美[?b]

反義詞

CET6+TEM8GRE考研低頻詞常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?ebbs;第三人稱單數(shù):?ebbs;過去式:?ebbed;過去分詞:?ebbed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?ebbing;

Ebb:?矮波，退潮的時候波浪當(dāng)然矮了----退潮，衰退。

ebb 退潮

來自PIE*apo-, 離開，詞源同apo-, apogee.

ebb: ebb: [OE] Water that is ebbing is literally going ‘off’ or ‘a(chǎn)way’. The word comes from West Germanic *abjon, a noun formed from *ab, ancestor of modern English of, off, which denoted removal or departure.
=> of, off
ebb (n.): Old English ebba "falling of the tide, low tide," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *af- (cognates: Old Frisian ebba, Old Saxon ebbiunga, Middle Dutch ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe), from PIE root *apo- "off, away" (see apo-). Figurative sense of "decline, decay, gradual diminution" is from late 14c. Ebb-tide is from 1776.
ebb (v.): Old English ebbian "flow back, subside," from the root of ebb (n.). Figurative use in late Old English. Related: Ebbed; ebbing.

1. We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.: 我們決定第二天早晨6點鐘趁退潮時離開。