(一般作neap tide)a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low water 小潮(月上弦及下弦时落差最小时的潮水)
verb
(be neaped)(of a boat) be kept aground or in harbour by a neap tide (船)由于小潮搁浅或在港口停泊 ■[no obj.](archaic)(of a tide) tend towards or reach the highest point of a neap tide (古)(潮水)达到小潮最高点
语源
late Middle English, originally an adjective from Old English nēp, first element of nēpflōd 'neap flood', of unknown origin