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

• 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。
• Waters ebbing at low tide;
  低潮时退去的汐流；
• At high tide the sea covers the rocks, but at low tide it uncovers them.
  海水在高潮位时淹过了礁石，可是在低潮位时却淹不过。
• I got there the wrong time at low tide.
  我到的时候不对，刚好是低潮的时候。
• We walked across to Hilbre island at low tide.
  我们在低潮时涉水去希尔伯岛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• For example in Brittany we were able to monitor a movement of two millimetres between high and low tide.
  比如说以前在布列塔尼地区，我们考察到在涨潮和落潮之间地壳会有两毫米的移动。
• 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。