estuary
estuary 英 [ˈestʃuəri] 美 [ˈeri]
n. 河口；江口
名词复数:estuaries
- An estuary is the place in the water where a tide and a river current meet, like the estuary at New York Harbor, where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean.
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- n. 河口；江口
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1. We moored in the estuary, waiting for high tide.
我们在河口湾停泊等待涨潮。
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2. Nearby fossils suggest it dwelled in forests in a river delta or near an estuary.
它旁边的化石则说明它生活在一个河流三角区域或靠近河口的一个森林中。
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3. Zhang Zhenyu, spokesman of Shanghai Flood Control Headquarters, said that the city is considering building a floodgate near the Yangtze estuary.
上海市防汛指挥部发言人张震宇（音译）说，上海正在考虑在长江河口建造一道防洪闸门。
- 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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