neap tide

neap-tide的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ni:p]
KK音标发音： [nip]

neap-tide的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A tide that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least; the lowest level of high tide. Neap tide comes twice a month, in the first and third quarters of the moon.
小潮：发生在高水位和低水位的涨落最小的潮，大潮的最低水位。小潮每个月出现两次，在上弦月和下弦月时候

neap-tide的词源：

2. Middle English neep
中古英语 neep

3. from Old English n?p(fl?d) [neap (tide)]
源自 古英语 n?p(fl?d) [潮]