Tide

(noun.) the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.

(noun.) something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); 'a rising tide of popular interest'.

(noun.) there are usually two high and two low tides each day.

(verb.) be carried with the tide.

(verb.) cause to float with the tide.

(verb.) rise or move forward; 'surging waves'.

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• This reflection thawed my congealing blood, and again the tide of life and love flowed impetuously onward, again to ebb as my busy thoughts changed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We looked at each other, and then we looked at the tide, oozing in smoothly, higher and higher, over the Shivering Sand. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Of course, Mr. Jackson reluctantly conceded, it's to be hoped they can tide him over--this time anyhow. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Tide runs strong here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• How long will it be till the turn of the tide? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• One is reminded of the lines of Tennyson: Large elements in order brought And tracts of calm from tempest made, And world fluctuation swayed In vassal tides that followed thought. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He had ignored the whole of the industrial sea which surged in coal-blackened tides against the grounds of the house. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Been a knocking about with a pretty many tides, ain't he pardner? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Let us only note that they all agree that life began where the tides of those swift days spread and receded over the steaming beaches of mud and sand. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She was like a water-plant in the flux of the tides, and today the whole current of her mood was carrying her toward Lawrence Selden. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The problem of aerial navigation was to master the currents of the air as the sailing-vessel and the steamship had overcome the waves and tides at sea. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The unseen force was drawing him fast to itself, now, and all the tides and winds were setting straight and strong towards it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Nothing can be tided over now, Pancks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

校对:奥斯瓦德