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

• Tides are caused by the influence of the moon and sun.
  潮水是由太阳和月亮的作用而引起的。
• Atmospheric tide; the tides that wrack saturn's moons.
  大气潮；破坏土星卫星的应力。
• High tides combined with strong winds caused severe flooding.
  大潮加上强风引起了严重的水灾。
• So it should come as no surprise that the Moon's electric tides have not been computed-until now.
  所以直到今天还没有对月亮的电子潮汐进行计算就没什么奇怪的。
• In both months, red tides were spotted in Clear Water Bay First and Second Beach.
  清水湾的一、二滩在这两个月都有发现红潮。
• Spring tides occur every two weeks, usually within a few days of the new and full moon.
  春潮每间隔1周出现1次，通常出现在离开新月和满月几天之内。
• The Tides Inn is both comfortable and unpretentious.
  泰得斯小酒店舒适而又简洁。
• In contrast to the simple observations of the tides, tidal current studies are difficult and expensive.
  与潮汐的简单观测不大相同，潮流研究的难度既大、费用也巨。
• The tides are caused by the attraction of the moon for the earth.
  潮汐是由月亮对地球的引力引起的。
• 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。