低潮 (潮汐涨落周期内, 水位降至最低点) low tide; low ebb (亦称“干潮”、“枯潮”; 常用来比喻事物发展处于低落的时期) 处于低潮 be at a low tide; be at a low ebb; 低潮不等 [海洋学] low-water inequality; 低潮滨线 low-tide shoreline; 低潮阶地 [地质学] low-tide terrace; 低潮面 low water; 低潮位 [海洋学] low tide; low water
高低 1.(高低的程度) height 山崖的高低 the height of a cliff; 声调的高低 the pitch of a voice2.(高下) relative superiority or inferiority; difference in degree 难分高低 hard to tell which is better; 争个高低 vie with each other to see who is better3.(深浅轻重) sense of propriety; appropriateness; discretion 不知高低 not know what's proper; have no sense of propriety; 说话不知高低 make inappropriate remarks4.[方言] (无论如何) on any account; just; simply 不管大家怎么劝说, 他高低不听。 no matter how hard everyone tried to persuade him, he just wouldn't listen.5.[方言] (到底; 终究) at (long) last 经过几天的苦战, 高低把涵洞修好了。 after days of hard work, the culvert was at last completed