estuary是什么意思
- 英式英标[\'ɛstʃʊ\'ɛri]
- 美式音标[\'estjʊ(ə)rɪ]
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).
中文解释
"a tidal marsh or opening," from aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat," from PIE *aidh- "to burn".2. 同源词：edifice, edify, estivate, estuary, ether.3. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aedis / aedes (originally "a place with a hearth") => 引申为：aedis / aedes "dwelling house, building, temple, sanctuary". => edifice, edify.4. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat" => estivate, estuary.5. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aithein "to burn, shine" => ether "upper air; bright, purer air; the sky".
实用例句
- 1. The stream debouches into the estuary.
- 这条河流入河口湾.
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- 2. We live near the Thames estuary.
- 我们的住处靠近泰晤士河入海口.
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- 3. We moored in the estuary, waiting for high tide.
- 我们在港湾停泊, 等待涨潮.
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- 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.
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