estuary

英['estjʊ(ə)rɪ] 美['ɛstʃʊ'ɛri]
  • n. 河口;江口

词态变化


复数: estuaries;

助记提示


"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".

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).

双语例句


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.

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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.

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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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