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

• The level of the ocean's surface, especially the level halfway between mean high and low tide, used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depths.
  海洋表面的水位，尤其是在平均高水位和低水位之间的平均位置的水位，用作计算陆地海拔和海水深度的标准。
• 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。
• 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 beach is covered in shells at low tide.
  低潮的时候沙滩上到处都是贝壳。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Be careful of the low tide, when the islands are connected!
  当这些小岛连着的时候，低潮的时候要小心。
• The life always has the most low tide stress, troubles, and alcohol can completely change a person.
  人生总有最低潮，压力、烦恼和酒精都可以改变一个人。
• 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。