潮cháoⅠ ❶ (潮汐;潮水) tide: 大 [小] ~ spring [neap] tide; 涨 [落] ~ flood [ebb] tide; 歌声如 ~ the sound of songs rising and falling like waves; 下午两点退 ~。 The tide sets out at 2 p.m. ❷ (比喻大规模的社会变动或运动发展的起伏形势) (social) upsurge;current;tide: 工 ~ workers' strike; 怒 ~ raging tide; 思 ~ trend of thought; 学 ~ student strike;campus upheaval Ⅱ ❶ (潮湿) damp;moist: 火柴受 ~ 了。 The matches have got damp. 雨季里东西容易返 ~ 。 In the rainy season things get damp easily. ❷ [方] (成色低劣) inferior: 金[银]子成色 ~ low content of gold [silver] ❸ [方] (技术不高) inferior: 手艺 ~ inferior skill ◆潮波 tide wave;tidal wave;tide bulge; 潮差 tidal range; 潮高 {海} height of tide; 潮红 flushing;blush; 潮呼呼 damp;dank;clammy; 潮解 air-slake [air-slack];deliquesce; 潮流 (潮汐引起的水流运动) tide;tidal current;tidal wave;tideway; 潮能 {海} tidal energy; 潮气 moisture in the air;damp;humidity;sweat; 潮热 {生理} hot flash ;hectic fever; 潮湿 damp;moist;humid;humidity;moistness;moisture;[古] dab;raw; 潮时 time of tide; 潮水 tidewater;tide water;tidal water; 潮位 sea level; 潮汐 morning and evening tides;tide; 潮汐能 tidal energy; 潮汛 spring tide; 潮涌 tidal bore |