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

• Unable to return to the ocean during low tide, the starfish were dying.
  海星由于在退潮后回不到海里，面临死亡的厄运。
• I got there the wrong time at low tide.
  我到的时候不对，刚好是低潮的时候。
• The beach is covered in shells at low tide.
  低潮的时候沙滩上到处都是贝壳。
• What time is low tide?
  低浪是什么时候？
• 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。
• A tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.
  靠近江河口低洼的泥地；在水位高涨时被淹没、水退去即露出来。
• Sudden drawdown also occurs at low tide behind any sea wall which is wetted at high tide.
  在高潮时浸湿的任何海堤的后面，当低潮时也会出现急遽的水面降落现象。
• We walked across to Hilbre island at low tide.
  我们在低潮时涉水去希尔伯岛。
• Water in sand estimator Some of the bars and troughs are exposed by low tide.
  一些砂洲和沟槽在低潮位时，露出于水面。
• For example in Brittany we were able to monitor a movement of two millimetres between high and low tide.
  比如说以前在布列塔尼地区，我们考察到在涨潮和落潮之间地壳会有两毫米的移动。