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。
• Low tide carries yet another feature of interest.
  低潮还带来另一种有趣的现象。
• 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 you can paddle over to the island.
  你可以在低潮州划船到那个岛屿去。
• 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。
• What time is low tide?
  低浪是什么时候？
• 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。
• 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。
• I got there the wrong time at low tide.
  我到的时候不对，刚好是低潮的时候。
• 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。