ebb的意思|ebb的解释-里氏词典

Ebb \Ebb\, v. t.
To cause to flow back. [Obs.] --Ford.

Ebb \Ebb\ ([e^]b), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European bunting.

Ebb \Ebb\, n. [AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan.
& G. ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to
E. even.]
1. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the
tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to {flood}; as, the
boats will go out on the ebb.

Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of morality! --Shelley.

2. The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better
to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
``Our ebb of life.'' --Roscommon.

Painting was then at its lowest ebb. --Dryden.

{Ebb and flow}, the alternate ebb and flood of the tide;
often used figuratively.

This alternation between unhealthy activity and
depression, this ebb and flow of the industrial.
--A. T.
Hadley.

Ebb \Ebb\, a.
Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.

The water there is otherwise very low and ebb.
--Holland.

Ebb \Ebb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ebbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ebbing}.] [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See
2d {Ebb}.]
1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the
ocean; -- opposed to {flow}.

That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope.

2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to
decline; to decay; to recede.

The hours of life ebb fast. --Blackmore.

Syn: To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane;
sink; lower.

Downey said sugar is not so unique a commodity that it has to be treated differently from other products whose prices ebb and flow with the market.
Even the fish, eyes lidless and gills pumping rhythmically, sleep peacefully suspended in the gentle ebb and surge of underwater reefs. But there is one place where a bountiful collection of wildlife rarely sleeps at all.
Traffic cop Ricardo Cervantes is also well aware of the ebb and flow of power in this town.
Although helicopter deliveries are at a low ebb - the company only delivered four last year - there are encouraging prospects in the shape of Westland's new EH101 naval and transport helicopter, developed with Agusta of Italy.
One House Democrat, Rep. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, said the mood of his colleagues is at its lowest ebb in years.
The Dow's rise and fall is a decision-swaying symbol for millions of investors who can't always watch the ebb and flow of stocks like the pros.
Like all Soviet dancers, she's freer with rhythm than her Western counterparts, but she's also more sensitive to the ebb and flow of phrases than most dancers anywhere.
Inflation worries seem to be at low ebb.
Base metal trading was extremely slow today at the London Metal Exchange, and only COPPER swam against the ebb tide of prices.
Mayor Koch's popularity was at low ebb, in part because of a municipal corruption scandal implicating some of his top political aides and allies.
But EC mergers and acquisitions activity has been at a low ebb over the past two years.
"I've got a major storm warning out for Monday," and it likely will ebb into a minor magnetic storm Tuesday, said Chris Balch, duty forecaster at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Environment Laboratory in Boulder, Colo.
But the quarterly sales surpassed those of the previous quarter, when consumer confidence was at a low ebb because of the economy and uncertainty over the Persian Gulf War.
For owners of small logging concerns and their workers, time and patience are at an even lower ebb.
'One can't calculate how they will handle the loss of face.' Sino-British relations, already at a low ebb over the Hong Kong issue, will now be seen from a new perspective by China.
"I feel terrible and emotional about this incident, coming at a time when the country's economy is at its lowest ebb," Iman said.
It was the longing for the tide. 'I wanted to see the ebb and the flow,' said Hannelore Bohm.
Farm income has risen dramatically from the ebb of the early '80s.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) _ Iran's leaders are the linchpins around which various factions ebb and flow, often changing alliances on various issues.
The ebb and flow of the tide, not navigability, determines the state's ownership, Justice Byron R. White said for the court.
A start was made on lowering the tariff walls that protect domestic industry. Now, it seems, confidence in the sustainability of this little revolution is beginning to ebb.
In any event, financial markets showed that they remain sensitive to the ebb and flow of news out of the Soviet Union.
With Big Board prestige and credibility at their lowest ebb since the 1929 crash, Congress mandated more competitive stock markets, a direct threat to the Big Board's primacy.
Central Bank President Jose Luis Machinea agrees that confidence in the ability of government to regulate the economy is at a low ebb.
Traders said activity was at a low ebb as investors adjust their positions ahead of the important employment report.
Mr Mulroney is confident that any protectionist tide will ebb once the US election campaign is out of the way. 'As the political season winds down, I think you are going to see a lot of this stuff wind down with it,' he says.
Mr. Sandroni believes technical analysis was tripped up by the influx of foreign money into the market, which has overwhelmed ratios measuring the ebb and flow of money from more traditional sources such as U.S. pension funds.

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