confluences是什么意思？

confluences

• n. <术>（河流的）汇合处( confluence的名词复数 )，汇流处，<正>（事物的）汇合，汇流；

例句

• Channel confluences are common in natural rivers and much hydraulic engineering. 水沙交汇区在天然河流和水利工程中广泛存在着.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING
  (河流的)汇合处，交汇处
  The confluence of two rivers is the place where they join and become one larger river.
  例句
  The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino. 内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布，景象十分壮观。
• N-COUNT
  汇集;汇合
  If there is a confluence of two things, they join, combine, or come together.
  例句
  Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events. 如同大多数极端天气状况一样，其剧烈程度是由于几种气象条件反常地汇集在一起造成的。 ...the confluence of African and Portuguese cultures in Brazil. 非洲文化与葡萄牙文化在巴西的汇合