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

• We walked across to Hilbre island at low tide.
  我们在低潮时涉水去希尔伯岛。
• Low tide carries yet another feature of interest.
  低潮还带来另一种有趣的现象。
• 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。
• Waters ebbing at low tide;
  低潮时退去的汐流；
• The beach is covered in shells at low tide.
  低潮的时候沙滩上到处都是贝壳。
• 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。
• They dug for shellfish at low tide
  退潮时他们在海滩上挖贝类。
• 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。
• I got there the wrong time at low tide.
  我到的时候不对，刚好是低潮的时候。
• 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。