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

• Water in sand estimator Some of the bars and troughs are exposed by low tide.
  一些砂洲和沟槽在低潮位时，露出于水面。
• 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。
• Thus high tides will occur at the same time on opposite sides of the earth, rather than a high tide on one side and a low tide on the other.
  这样，在地球相对的两侧将同时出现高潮，而不是一侧出现高潮，另一侧出现低潮。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Only saw the sea at low tide.
  才看见了退潮时的海。
• I got there the wrong time at low tide.
  我到的时候不对，刚好是低潮的时候。
• 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。