neap /ˈnip/
(a.)小潮的小潮,最低潮(vi.)漸趨向小潮
Neap n. The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.]
Neap a. Low.
Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.
Neap, n. A neap tide.
High springs and dead neaps. --Harkwill.
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neap
n : a less than average tide occurring at the first and third
quarters of the moon [syn: neap tide] [ant: springtide]