ebbed

英 [ebd]

美 [ebd]

v.  退; 落; 衰弱; 衰退; 减退
ebb的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB （潮水或海水）退，落
  When the tide or the seaebbs, its level gradually falls.
  1. 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 ebbor theebbtide 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.
  1. ...the spring ebb tide...
     春季退潮
  2. 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 feelingebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears.
  1. ...as a man's physical strength ebbs...
     随着人体力的衰退
  2. Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?
     会有热情减退的时候么？
  3. Ebb awaymeans the same asebb.
     ebb away 同 ebb
  4. His little girl's life ebbed away...
     他小女儿的生命一点一点流逝。
  5. Their popular support is ebbing away.
     他们的人气正在衰退。
• PHRASE 处于低潮;处于衰退状态
  If someone or something isat a low ebborattheirlowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable.
  1. ...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
  2. 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 useebb and flowto describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls.
  1. ...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.
     感觉和情绪的起伏

双语例句

• And while the immediate panic that erupted in the autumn of 2008 has now ebbed away, in its wake it has left a loss of trust and innocence.
  尽管2008年秋季爆发的恐慌现在已经消散，但却留下了信任和纯真的丧失。
• All night long she sang, and the thorn went deeper and deeper into her breast, and her life-blood ebbed away from her.
  她唱了一整夜，刺扎得越来越深，她身上的血也越来越少。
• And as the pain in my body ebbed, the pain in my mind began. I knew.
  随着我身体上的疼痛的消退，我的心灵的疼痛开始了。
• The tide of her confidence ebbed.
  她自信的潮水已开始低落。
• The grip of his limbs tightened again, but the pain had ebbed away and the trembling had stopped, leaving him merely weak and cold.
  温斯顿四肢上缚的带子又紧了，不过这次痛已减退，寒战也停止了，他只感到软弱无力，全身发冷。
• The world had passed away from him, as his strength ebbed.
  这个世界正在从他这里消失，因为他的精力渐趋耗尽。
• As the popularity of investing overseas rapidly ebbed, the yen may have appreciated far too quickly.
  由于投资海外的吸引力迅速消退，日元可能升值过为迅猛。
• His courage ebbed back again.
  他的勇气又来了。
• But gradually his interest in good causes ebbed away.
  不过后来他对这类事业兴趣也逐渐淡薄了。
• Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?
  会有热情减退的时候么？