tide1 /taɪd/ ●●○ noun1 the tide HEODNthe regular rising and falling of the level of the sea 海潮,潮汐the tide is in/out (=the sea is at a high/low level) 潮漲/潮落
Is the tide going out or coming in? 現在是退潮還是漲潮?
We went for a walk and got cut off by the tide. 我們去散步,結果被潮水困住了。
→ high tide(1), low tide 2 [countableC]HEODN a current of water caused by the tide 潮水Strong tides make swimming dangerous. 遇上大潮時遊泳很危險。
3 [countableC usually singular]DEVELOP the way in which events or people’s opinions are developing 潮流,趨勢tide ofWith the tide of public opinion against him, the president may lose. 由於公衆輿論的反對,總統可能會落敗。
It was their first major victory. The tide had turned (=changed). 這是他們的首次重大勝利,形勢已逆轉。
The tide of battle turned against the Mexican army. 戰爭的形勢變得對墨西哥軍隊不利。
swim with/against the tide (=support or oppose what most people think) 随大溜/反潮流
4 [countableC usually singular]CROWD a large amount of something that is increasing and is difficult to control 怒潮,〔難以控制的〕浪潮tide of violence/crime etcThe crisis prompted a rising tide of protest. 危機引起抗議浪潮不斷高漲。
She swallowed back a tide of emotion. 她強忍住了自己的激動情緒。
efforts to stem the tide of hysteria caused by the shootings (=prevent it from getting worse) 扼制槍擊事件造成的恐慌情緒蔓延的努力
5 [singular] a large number of people or things moving along together 潮水般的人流;洪流tide ofthe tide of refugees flowing over the border 湧過邊界的難民潮
6. Christmastide/eveningtide/morningtide etc old usePERIOD OF TIME a particular time of the year or day 聖誕節期間/晚間/早晨時光等 COLLOCATIONSadjectivesthe tide is in (=the sea covers the shore) 漲潮You can’t walk on the beach when the tide is in. 漲潮時不能在沙灘上行走。
the tide is out 退潮nLet’s go for a walk along the beach while the tide is out.
high tide 高潮nAt high tide the island is completely cut off.
low tide 低潮nThe sands are exposed at low tide.
the incoming tide 漲潮nThe box was carried upstream on the incoming tide.
the rising tide 漲起的潮水nThe rising tide had begun to fill up the channel.
nan ebb tide (=the flow of the sea away from the shore)We sailed out to sea on the ebb tide.
na flood tide (=the flow of the sea towards the land)The wind drove the yacht inland on the flood tide.
na spring tide (=a large rise and fall in the level of the sea, that happens when there is a new moon and when there is a full moon)It must be a spring tide.
na neap tide (=a very small rise and fall in the level of the sea, that happens at the first and third quarters of the moon)Spring tides alternate with neap tides.
verbsthe tide comes in (=the sea comes nearer) 潮漲Once the tide comes in, the cove is cut off. 一旦漲潮,那個小海灣就被隔絕了。
the tide goes out 潮退nThey sat on the beach watching the tide going out.
the tide turns (=starts coming in or going out) 開始漲潮nSoon, the tide would turn and the waves would begin to creep inshore again.
be cut off by the tide (=become trapped as the sea rises) 被潮水困住nTwo anglers had to be rescued after getting cut off by the tide.