tributary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
  2. A vein which drains into another vein.
    — The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.
  3. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
    — An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary
形容词 adj.
  1. Related to the paying of tribute. not-comparable
  2. Subordinate; inferior. not-comparable
    — to grace his tributary gods
    Comus
  3. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing. not-comparable
    — The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

词形变化

tributaries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
left tributary right tributary palaeotributary tributaryless nontributary tributarily tributariness tributary load tributary state untributary
相关词
distributary tribute

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).
词源 2
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).
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