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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides.
  就像满月和涨潮，你们改变不了的。
• High tides combined with strong winds caused severe flooding.
  大潮加上强风引起了严重的水灾。
• 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。
• 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。
• Of making winds and tides work for us;
  控制风力和潮汐为我们服务；
• The Moon is a major contributor to these tides in the earth's electric field.
  在对地球电离层的潮汐影响上，月亮是一个主要的贡献者。这些云是人为的，是研究地球电离层的科学家门创造的。
• High tides in the North Sea were funnelled down into the English Channel by a storm.
  北海高涨的潮水被一场风暴推涌进英吉利海峡。