estuary
英['estj?(?)r?]
美['?st??'?ri]
- n. 河口；江口
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?estuaries;
助記提示
"a tidal marsh or opening," from aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat," from PIE *aidh- "to burn".
2. 同源詞：edifice, edify, estivate, estuary, ether.
3. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aedis / aedes (originally "a place with a hearth") => 引申為：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".
中文詞源
estuary 河口
來自PIE*aidh, 燃燒，沸騰，詞源同edifice, ether. 因河口湍急的水流而得名。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. The stream debouches into the estuary.
- 這條河流入河口灣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. We live near the Thames estuary.
- 我們的住處靠近泰晤士河入海口.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. We moored in the estuary, waiting for high tide.
- 我們在港灣停泊, 等待漲潮.
來自辭典例句
- 4. ( The lease area was adjacent to the greatest estuary and marsh area in the United States.
- ( 租借地臨近美國最大的河口與沼澤地.
來自英漢非文學 - 環(huán)境法 - 環(huán)境法
- 5. Natural disturbance and human _ caused disturbance of estuary wetland ecosystem were identified.
- 對河口濕地生態(tài)系統(tǒng)所受到的自然干擾和人為干擾進行了系統(tǒng)辨識.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)