- [countable, uncountable]
a regular rise and fall in the level of the sea, caused by the pull of the moon and sun; the flow of water that happens as the sea rises and falls 潮；潮汐；潮水 the ebb and flow of the tide 海潮的漲落 The tide is in/out. 漲潮／退潮了。 Is the tide coming in or going out? 是在漲潮還是在落潮？ The body was washed up on the beach by the tide. 屍體被潮水沖上了海灘。
Homophones tide | tiedtide tiedsee also flood tide, high tide, low tide, neap tide, rip tide, spring tide- tide noun
We'll swim back to the beach before the tide turns. 我們將在漲潮前遊回海灘。
- tide verb
Short-term loans are designed to tide borrowers over until their next payday. 短期貸款旨在幫助借款人度過難關，直到下一個發薪日。
- tied verb (past tense, past participle of tie)
She tied her hair up with ribbon. 她用緞帶把頭發紮起來。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc1, Geographyc1We have to get up early to catch the tide. 我們必須早起才能趕潮。 We went out to sea on the ebb tide. 我們趁着退潮時出海。 the time of day when the highest tides occur 一天中出現最高潮的時候
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
- flood
- incoming
- …
- catch
- be in
- be out
- come in
- …
- line
- mark
- pool
- …
- at… tide
- on a/the tide
- [countable, usually singular]
the direction in which the opinion of a large number of people seems to be moving 潮流；趨勢；動向 It takes courage to speak out against the tide of opinion. 跟輿論趨向唱反調需要勇氣。 There is a growing tide of opposition to the idea. 越來越多的人反對這個想法。 a tide of optimism 樂觀的浪潮
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1He didn't have the courage to swim against the political tide. 他沒有勇氣逆政治潮流而動。 In the early 1990s there was a marked turn of the tide. 20 世紀 90 年代初有一次明顯的潮流轉變。 Seeing the tide was now running in his direction, he renewed his campaign for reform. 看到形勢朝對他有利的方向發展，他重新開始了改革運動。 the shifting tides of history 不斷轉變的歷史潮流
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- growing
- rising
- shifting
- …
- go with
- ride
- go against
- …
- run
- carry somebody/something along
- turn
- …
- against a/the tide
- on a tide
- tide against
- …
- the tide of history
- the turn of the tide
- [countable, usually singular]
a large amount of something unpleasant that is increasing and is difficult to control （難以控制的）惡潮，怒潮 There is anxiety about the rising tide of crime. 犯罪率日益增長令人憂慮。 Measures have been taken to stem the tide of pornography (= stop it from getting worse). 已采取措施遏制淫穢品泛濫的勢頭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- growing
- rising
- shifting
- …
- go with
- ride
- go against
- …
- run
- carry somebody/something along
- turn
- …
- against a/the tide
- on a tide
- tide against
- …
- the tide of history
- the turn of the tide
- [singular] tide of something
a feeling that you suddenly have that gets stronger and stronger 高漲的情緒 - -tide[singular] (old use)
(in compounds 構成複合詞 a time or season of the year 時節；季節 Christmastide 聖誕節節期
Word OriginOld English tīd ‘time, period, era’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tijd and German Zeit, also to time. The sense relating to the sea dates from late Middle English.
Idioms
go, swim, etc. with/against the tide
to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people have 順應／逆潮流；趕／反潮流
the tide turned | turn the tide
used to say that there is a change in somebody’s luck or in how successful they are being 轉變運氣；改變形勢 The tide turned for the Canadian at the start of the second set. 在第二盤開始時，形勢對加拿大人有利。 This contract is probably our last chance to turn the tide. 這份合同可能是我們扭轉局面的最後機會。