A tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
朔望潮，大潮
Example sentencesExamples
Here in Scotland, the first spring tide in July is normally when the early arrivals of young salmon start nosing into the estuaries, seeking out the rivers of their birth.
The current soon builds to a maximum 6-8 knots on a spring tide.
Exceptional weather conditions combined with a spring tide produced one of the worst floods in living memory for the east coast of England.
If we get low pressure, a west wind and a spring tide the flooding will occur again,’ he said.
‘They were apparently warned by a lifeguard to leave the water as the spring tide was coming in,’ Fobian said.
Definition of spring tide in US English:
spring tide
nounˈspriNG ˌtīdˈsprɪŋ ˌtaɪd
A tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
朔望潮，大潮
Example sentencesExamples
Exceptional weather conditions combined with a spring tide produced one of the worst floods in living memory for the east coast of England.
Here in Scotland, the first spring tide in July is normally when the early arrivals of young salmon start nosing into the estuaries, seeking out the rivers of their birth.
‘They were apparently warned by a lifeguard to leave the water as the spring tide was coming in,’ Fobian said.
If we get low pressure, a west wind and a spring tide the flooding will occur again,’ he said.
The current soon builds to a maximum 6-8 knots on a spring tide.