estuary

estuary

英 ['estjʊ(ə)rɪ]
　　美 ['ɛstʃʊ'ɛri]

n. 河口；江口

中文詞源：

estuary 河口

來自PIE*aidh, 燃燒，沸騰，詞源同edifice, ether. 因河口湍急的水流而得名。

例句：

1. The stream debouches into the estuary.
這條河流入河口灣.

2. We live near the Thames estuary.
我們的住處靠近泰晤士河入海口.

3. We moored in the estuary, waiting for high tide.
我們在港灣停泊, 等待漲潮.

4. ( The lease area was adjacent to the greatest estuary and marsh area in the United States.
( 租借地臨近美國最大的河口與沼澤地.

5. Natural disturbance and human _ caused disturbance of estuary wetland ecosystem were identified.
對河口濕地生態系統所受到的自然幹擾和人為幹擾進行瞭系統辨識.