tributary
英['tr?bj?t(?)r?]
美['tr?bj?'t?ri]
- adj. 納貢的；附屬的；輔助的
- n. 支流；進貢國；附屬國
詞態變化
復數:?tributaries;
中文詞源
tributary 支流
來自拉丁語 tribuere,支付，分配，給予，部落間的財富分配或其它，來自 tribus,部落，詞源 同 tribe,contribution.引申詞義河流的支流。
英文詞源
- tributary (adj.)
- late 14c., "paying tribute," from Latin tributarius "liable to tax or tribute," from tributum (see tribute).
- tributary (n.)
- late 14c., "person, country, etc. owing obedience or paying tribute or a tax to a sovereign or another people," from Latin tributarius (see tributary (adj.)). Meaning "stream that flows into a larger body" is from 1822, from the adjective in this sense, which is recorded from 1610s.
雙語例句
- 1. There was a tributary road near the end of the village.
- 村的盡頭有條岔道.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The Missouri River is the chief tributary of the Mississippi.
- 密蘇里河是密西西比河的主要支流.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Several rivers are tributary to the Ganges.
- 有好幾條河都是恒河的支流.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The Avon is a tributary of the Severn.
- 埃文河是塞文河的支流.
來自辭典例句
- 5. England was his faithful tributary.
- 英格蘭是他忠心的藩屬.
來自辭典例句