estuary

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛstjʊəɹi/|/ˈɛst͡ʃʊəɹi/|/ˈɛst͡ʃəɹi/    美 /ˈɛst͡ʃuˌɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
    — The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.
  2. An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.

词形变化

estuaries plural æstuary alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
estuarial estuarian estuaried Estuary English estuary seahorse palaeoestuary subestuary
相关词
aestuous estuate estuation exestuate exestuation ecotone

词源

From Latin aestuarium (“creek”, “estuary of a river”).
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