- 潮
- cháotide, social upsurge; current; tide, damp; moist* * *damp; tide【医】 tiae* * *tide; upsurge; damp* * *cháoadj. damp, moist, humidcháon. tide* * *chao2tide, current, damp, moist, humid* * *潮cháo名(潮汐; 潮水) tide:大 (小)潮 spring (neap) tide;涨 (落)潮 flood (ebb) tide;歌声如潮 the sound of songs rising and falling like waves;下午两点退潮。 The tide sets out at 2 p.m.(比喻大规模的社会变动或运动发展的起伏形势) (social) upsurge; current; tide:工潮 workers' strike;怒潮 raging tide;思潮 trend of thought;学潮 student strike; campus upheaval形(潮湿) damp; moist:火柴受潮了。 The matches have got damp.雨季里东西容易返潮。 In the rainy season things get damp easily.(方) (成色低劣) inferior:金(银)子成色潮 low content of gold (silver)(方) (技术不高) inferior:手艺潮 inferior skill* * *潮|潮 [cháo] ► tide ► current ► damp ► moist ► humid
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.