low tide

英 [ˌləʊ ˈtaɪd]

美 [ˌloʊ ˈtaɪd]

n.  (大海的)低潮时期，低潮

牛津词典

noun

• （大海的）低潮时期，低潮
  the time when the sea is at its lowest level; the sea at this time
  1. The island can only be reached at low tide .
     这座岛只能在退潮时上去。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 低潮（时间）；干潮（时间）；枯潮（期）
  At the coast,low tideis the time when the sea is at its lowest level because the tide is out.
  1. The causeway to the island is only accessible at low tide.
     通往该岛的堤道只有在枯潮时才能通行。

英英释义

noun

• the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
  Synonym:low water

双语例句

• Where we have to draw a boat tour of the beach, at low tide in the afternoon, I caught the rock is still a small starfish.
  在那里我们还去划了船，游了泳，在下午退潮之后，我还在岩石上捉到了一只小海星。
• At high tide the sea covers the rocks, but at low tide it uncovers them.
  海水在高潮位时淹过了礁石，可是在低潮位时却淹不过。
• The level of the ocean's surface, especially the level halfway between mean high and low tide, used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depths.
  海洋表面的水位，尤其是在平均高水位和低水位之间的平均位置的水位，用作计算陆地海拔和海水深度的标准。
• A line indicating the heights of high and low tide.
  潮位线表示高、低潮高度的线。
• Low tide carries yet another feature of interest.
  低潮还带来另一种有趣的现象。
• A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. the occurrence of incoming water ( between a low tide and the following high tide).
  一块潮湿的下沉低地。（在一次低潮和下一次高潮之间）海水的上涨。
• They dug for shellfish at low tide
  退潮时他们在海滩上挖贝类。
• Low tide waters reveal a sea of garbage.
  等到潮水落下的时候，一眼望去，沿海尽是垃圾。
• What time is low tide?
  低浪是什么时候？
• The life always has the most low tide stress, troubles, and alcohol can completely change a person.
  人生总有最低潮，压力、烦恼和酒精都可以改变一个人。