A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
潮
Tide
Today, the tide has turned, we are destroying them.
今天，潮流已经逆转，我们正在摧毁他们。
Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.
夜里，船在海面上忽上忽下，因为害怕遇到暗礁，决定在天亮以前不靠岸。早晨我们继续赶路;因为那岛离我们有六七法里远，而且潮水正对着我们，所以我们到那里时已是中午了。