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

• 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。
• 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。
• Atmospheric tide; the tides that wrack saturn's moons.
  大气潮；破坏土星卫星的应力。
• Of making winds and tides work for us;
  控制风力和潮汐为我们服务；
• The attraction of the moon for the earth causes the tides.
  月球对地球的引力引起潮汐。
• Unlike the ocean tides, there are TWO Moon tides, a positive one and a negative one.
  和海洋潮汐不同，这里有两个月亮潮汐，一个阳性，一个阴性。
• The movement of the tides is governed mainly by the moon.
  潮汐的运动主要受月球的影响。
• Tides and ocean currents, which remain constant, have no effect on the correction for vehicle speed changes.
  保持不变的潮泛和海流对校正运动体速度的改变没有影响。
• High tides have swamped the coast.
  汹涌的潮水淹没了海岸。
• It is good to know about tides and currents.
  就要了解潮汐和水流。