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

• 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。
• Where we have to draw a boat tour of the beach, at low tide in the afternoon, I caught the rock is still a small starfish.
  在那里我们还去划了船，游了泳，在下午退潮之后，我还在岩石上捉到了一只小海星。
• 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。
• I got there the wrong time at low tide.
  我到的时候不对，刚好是低潮的时候。
• 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。
• 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；
• They dug for shellfish at low tide
  退潮时他们在海滩上挖贝类。
• The occurrence of incoming water ( between a low tide and the following high tide).
  （在一次低潮和下一次高潮之间）海水的上涨。
• 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。
• Thus high tides will occur at the same time on opposite sides of the earth, rather than a high tide on one side and a low tide on the other.
  这样，在地球相对的两侧将同时出现高潮，而不是一侧出现高潮，另一侧出现低潮。