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名词

1. 潮;潮水;潮汐
The tide is the regular change in the level of the sea on the shore.

2. (不断冲刷海岸的)潮水，潮汐
A tide is a current in the sea that is caused by the regular and continuous movement of large areas of water towards and away from the shore.

3. (观点等的)潮流，趋势
The tide of opinion, for example, is what the majority of people think at a particular time.

4. (无法抗拒的)潮流，浪潮
People sometimes refer to events or forces that are difficult or impossible to control as the tide of history, for example.

5. (尤指不好的)浪潮，势头
You can talk about a tide of something, especially something which is unpleasant, when there is a large and increasing amount of it.

6. see also: high tide;low tide

相关词组：tide over

1. the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

2. something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)

e.g. a rising tide of popular interest

3. there are usually two high and two low tides each day

Synonym: lunar time period