tides

英 [taɪdz]

美 [taɪdz]

n.  潮; 潮汐; 潮水; 潮流; 趋势; 动向; (难以控制的)恶潮，怒潮
v.  随潮漂流
tide的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 潮;潮水;潮汐
  The tideis the regular change in the level of the sea on the shore.
  1. The tide was at its highest...
     潮水正处于最高位。
  2. The tide was going out, and the sand was smooth and glittering...
     正在退潮，沙滩平坦，闪着微光。
  3. State police say that high tides and severe flooding have damaged beaches.
     州警方称，高潮位和严重的水灾冲坏了海滩。
• N-COUNT (不断冲刷海岸的)潮水，潮汐
  Atideis a current in the sea that is caused by the regular and continuous movement of large areas of water towards and away from the shore.
  1. Roman vessels used to sail with the tide from Boulogne to Richborough.
     罗马的船只过去经常乘着潮汐从布洛涅航行到里奇伯勒。
• N-SING (观点等的)潮流，趋势
  Thetide ofopinion, for example, is what the majority of people think at a particular time.
  1. The tide of opinion seems overwhelmingly in his favour.
     绝大多数人的观点看来是一边倒地支持他的。
• N-SING (无法抗拒的)潮流，浪潮
  People sometimes refer to events or forces that are difficult or impossible to control asthe tide ofhistory, for example.
  1. They talked of reversing the tide of history...
     他们谈到扭转历史潮流。
  2. The tide of war swept back across their country.
     战争的浪潮回过头来席卷了全国。
• N-SING (尤指不好的)浪潮，势头
  You can talk about atide ofsomething, especially something which is unpleasant, when there is a large and increasing amount of it.
  1. ...an ever increasing tide of crime...
     不断高涨的犯罪浪潮
  2. The tide of nationalism is still running high in a number of republics.
     民族主义浪潮在许多共和国势头正盛。
• See also:high tidelow tide

双语例句

• The attraction of the moon for the earth causes the tides.
  月球对地球的引力引起潮汐。
• So it should come as no surprise that the Moon's electric tides have not been computed-until now.
  所以直到今天还没有对月亮的电子潮汐进行计算就没什么奇怪的。
• Unlike the ocean tides, there are TWO Moon tides, a positive one and a negative one.
  和海洋潮汐不同，这里有两个月亮潮汐，一个阳性，一个阴性。
• So prices move up and down with tides in these currents.
  因此价格的上升下降就和这些电流的潮汐逐渐趋向一致。
• The gravity gradient of the moon causes the ocean tides on Earth.
  月球引力导致了地球上的海洋潮汐。
• The tides are caused by the attraction of the moon for the earth.
  潮汐是由月亮对地球的引力引起的。
• State police say that high tides and severe flooding have damaged beaches.
  州警方称，高潮位和严重的水灾冲坏了海滩。
• Red tides or algal blooms are natural discolorations of seawater caused by the rapid multiplication of algae.
  红潮又称为藻华，是由于水藻突然迅速繁殖，而导致海水变色的自然现象。
• Tides are caused by the influence of the moon and sun.
  潮水是由太阳和月亮的作用而引起的。
• He explained the mathematical theory on tides under gravitational pull from the sun, moon and earth.
  他用来自太阳、亮和地球的重力的牵引力下的潮汐来解释数学理论。