English Dictionary

neap

IPA（発音記号）

/niːp/

動詞

To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides. / to ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail

日本語の意味

（小潮が原因で）船舶を浅瀬に閉じ込める / （液体などが）じわじわににじみ出る / 沈む、または沈下する / （後を）引く、ついて回る

The sudden drop in tidal range can neap a fishing boat on the exposed sandbar, forcing the crew to wait until the next spring tide.

潮位差が急に小さくなると、漁船は小潮のために露出した砂州で浅瀬に閉じ込められ、乗組員は次の大潮まで待たざるを得なくなる。

意味（1）

To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.

At 8, being high water, hauld her bow close ashore, but Keept her stern afloat, because I was afraid of Neaping her, and yet it was necessary to lay the whole of her as near the ground as possible.

意味（2）

to ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail

It is well known that the spring tides happen at the change and full of the moon, at which time she is conjunction with and opposition to the sun. As these retire from their conjunction, the tides neap till about three days after the first quadrature, when the tides begin again to be more and more elevated, and arrive at their maximum about the third day after the opposition.

neaps （ present singular third-person ）

neaping （ participle present ）

neaped （ participle past ）

neaped （ past ）