Ebb



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 退潮; 衰退
• ［英］ v. 退潮 ( to flow back; recede) ; 衰退 ( decline; wane)
• ［例］ Water washed up on the shore , then slowly ebbed away. The politician's popularity has ebbed.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba; akin to Middle Dutch ebbe ebb, Old English of from — more at of
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. the reflux of the tide toward the sea
• 2. a point or condition of decline <our spirits were at a low ebb>

II. intransitive verb

• Date: before 12th century
• 1. to recede from the flood
• 2. to fall from a higher to a lower level or from a better to a worse state <his popularity ebbed>
• Synonyms: see abate

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