neap /ˈnip/
  (a.)小潮的小潮,最低潮(vi.)漸趨向小潮
  Neap n.  The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.]
  Neap a.  Low.
  Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.
  Neap, n. A neap tide.
     High springs and dead neaps.   --Harkwill.
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  neap
       n : a less than average tide occurring at the first and third
           quarters of the moon [syn: neap tide] [ant: springtide]