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estuary

英 ['estjʊ(ə)rɪ] 美 ['ɛstʃʊ'ɛri]

解释

n. 河口；江口

※ 提供单词"estuary"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

estuary 河口

来自PIE*aidh, 燃烧，沸腾，词源同edifice, ether. 因河口湍急的水流而得名。

英文词源

estuary (n.): 1530s, from Latin aestuarium "a tidal marsh, mudbeds covered by water at high tides; channel inland from the sea," from aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat," from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice).

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例句和用法

1. The stream debouches into the estuary.: 这条河流入河口湾.

2. We live near the Thames estuary.: 我们的住处靠近泰晤士河入海口.

3. We moored in the estuary, waiting for high tide.: 我们在港湾停泊, 等待涨潮.

4. ( The lease area was adjacent to the greatest estuary and marsh area in the United States.: ( 租借地临近美国最大的河口与沼泽地.

5. Natural disturbance and human _ caused disturbance of estuary wetland ecosystem were identified.: 对河口湿地生态系统所受到的自然干扰和人为干扰进行了系统辨识.