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estuary

美音:[´estʃu´erı ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´estʃu´erı ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.河口,江口

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estuary为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词复数:estuaries 形容词:estuarial

近义词, 同义词

lake  pond  river  gulf  bay  inlet  estuary  arm of the sea  fiord  firth  lagoon  cove  creek  strait  narrows  Euripus  sound  loch    

estuary


/'estʃʊərɪ; [US] -ʊerɪ; `ɛstʃu,ɛrɪ/
n [C] wide river mouth into which the tide flows 河口湾
*the Thames estuary 泰晤士河河口.

estuary


npluralestuaries[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: aestuarium, from aestus 'boiling, tide']
the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea
 the Thames estuary