tide

名词 n. 动词 v.
[tʰɑe̯d]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
    — The Bristol Channel has some of the world's largest tides.
  2. The associated flow of water.
    — A lot of driftwood was brought in on the tide.
  3. Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.
    — As well as sea tides, there are much smaller land tides.
  4. A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
    — The sewer burst, and a tide of sewage poured into nearby properties.
  5. The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
    — The tide of public opinion has turned.
  6. Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast. obsolete
    — [...] and rest their weary limbs a tide.
  7. A time. archaic,regional
    — The doctor's no good this tide.
  8. A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier. archaic,in-compounds,regional
    — Eventide, noontide, morrowtide, nighttide, moontide, harvesttide, wintertide, summertide, springtide, autumntide etc.
  9. The period of twelve hours.
动词 v.
  1. To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. transitive
    — They are tided down the stream.
  2. To happen, occur. intransitive,obsolete
    — I wit not what may tide us here
  3. To carry over or through a problem or difficulty. broadly
  4. To pour a tide or flood. intransitive,rare
    — The ocean tided most impressively.
  5. To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse. intransitive

词形变化

tides plural tides present,singular,third-person tiding participle,present tided participle,past tided past tides present,singular,third-person tiding participle,present tided participle,past tided past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis
Proto-Germanic *tīdiz
Proto-West Germanic *tīdi
Old English tīd
Middle English tyde
English tide
Inherited from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis. Related to time.
Cognate with Dutch tijd (“time”), German Zeit (“time”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tid (“time”), Faroese and Icelandic tíð (“time”).
词源 2
From Middle English tiden, tide, from Old English tīdan (“to happen”).
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