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

• 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。
• 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。
• At low tide in the estuary, cows graze on the marshes.
  河口水位低时，牛就放牧在那儿的滩涂上。
• From the great image of sunrise at low tide we can recall the ageless idea or archetype of rebirth;
  低潮之时，日出的伟大意象里，我们可以回想起所有那些永恒的不分时代的关于重生的原型；
• 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。
• If I were you I would not find fault with the sea at low tide.
  假如我是你，我决不在低潮的时候去抱怨大海。
• A line indicating the heights of high and low tide.
  潮位线表示高、低潮高度的线。
• 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。
• What time is low tide?
  低浪是什么时候？
• We walked across to Hilbre island at low tide.
  我们在低潮时涉水去希尔伯岛。