ebb
noun · adjective · verbA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
The receding movement of the tide.
The boats will go out on the ebb.
- 2.
A gradual decline.
- 3.
(especially)(especially in the phrase 'at a low ebb') A low state; a state of depression.
- 4.
A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
low, shallow
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)to flow back or recede
The tides ebbed at noon.
Đồng nghĩa: go out, go down, ooze, reflux, wane
- 2.
(intransitive)to fall away or decline
The dying man's strength ebbed away.
- 3.
(intransitive)to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- 4.
(transitive)To cause to flow back.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (ebb, tide), from *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (off, away), from Proto-Indo-European *apó.