Middle English, from Old English nepflod "neap flood," the tide occurring at the end of the first and third quarters of the lunar month, in which high waters are at their lowest, of unknown origin, with no known cognates (Danish niptid probably is from English). Original sense perhaps is "without power." As a noun from 1580s.
雙語例句
1. Neap tides are especially weak tides.
小潮漲潮尤其弱潮汐.
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2. Neap tides occur during quarter moons.
小潮漲潮期間發(fā)生季度衛(wèi)星.
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3. What are neap tides?
小潮是什么?
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4. Is defeated possibly is in disguised form victory, neap tide is the high tide start.
失敗可能是變相的勝利, 最低潮就是高潮的開始.
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5. Temporally, the suspended sediment concentration in the jiaojiang river estuary neap - spring tidal cycle and flood - ebb fluctuations.