出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第397页(265字)
【释义】:
n.①落潮:the ebb and flow of the sea海潮的涨落.②【喻】衰落:be at a low ebb 正在衰落,在低潮时期.go out with the ebb 死.
-vi.①落潮:The tide flows and ebbs twice in twenty-four hours.潮水在二十四小时内涨落两次.②【喻】减退,衰落:Daylight is ebbing away.白昼即将过去.