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

• 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。
• We walked across to Hilbre island at low tide.
  我们在低潮时涉水去希尔伯岛。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• Only saw the sea at low tide.
  才看见了退潮时的海。
• At low tide in the estuary, cows graze on the marshes.
  河口水位低时，牛就放牧在那儿的滩涂上。
• 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。
• 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。
• They dug for shellfish at low tide
  退潮时他们在海滩上挖贝类。