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

• We walked across to Hilbre island at low tide.
  我们在低潮时涉水去希尔伯岛。
• They dug for shellfish at low tide
  退潮时他们在海滩上挖贝类。
• The water seems to retrograde back into the ocean low tide.
  这海水好像在低潮时会倒逆流回大海。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The beach is covered in shells at low tide.
  低潮的时候沙滩上到处都是贝壳。