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high tide

noun
🔊/ˌhaɪ ˈtaɪd/
🔊/ˌhaɪ ˈtaɪd/
(also high water)
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. the time when the sea has risen to its highest level in a particular place; the sea at this time（海的）高潮时期，高潮，满潮
    • at high tide You can't walk along this beach at high tide.高潮时你不能在这个海滩散步。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) the high tide of Victorian prosperity (= the time when something is most popular or successful)维多利亚时代繁荣的高潮
    opposite low tide compare flood tide, high waterTopics Geographyc1, Transport by waterc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHigh tide is used before these nouns:
    • mark
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