estuary是什么意思？

estuary

英[ˈestʃuəri] 美[ˈestʃueri]

• n. （江河入海的）河口，河口湾，港湾；

复数：estuaries;

例句

• silt at the bottom of an estuary 河口水底的淤泥
• Nanshan District, San Mianhuan sea, adjacent to the Pearl River Estuary. 南山区三面环海, 毗邻珠江口.
• We moored in the estuary, waiting for high tide. 我们在港湾停泊, 等待涨潮.
• We live near the Thames estuary. 我们的住处靠近泰晤士河入海口.
• The stream debouches into the estuary. 这条河流入河口湾.
• ...a damp, old castle, romantically sited on a river estuary. 坐落在河湾之上的一座阴冷潮湿的古城堡，仿佛传奇中描述的一般
• ...naval manoeuvres in the Clyde estuary. 克莱德河口的海军演习

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
  河口;江口
  An estuary is the wide part of a river where it joins the sea.
  例句
  ...naval manoeuvres in the Clyde estuary. 克莱德河口的海军演习

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (江河入海的)河口;河口湾
  We live near the Thames estuary. 我们的住处靠近泰晤士河入海口。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

行业词典

• 地理学： 河口湾；
  地质学： 河口湾；
  海洋科学： 河口湾；
  生态学： 河口［湾］；河流与海洋交汇、河水与海水混合的水域。该处出现咸淡水不同流向和潮汐昼夜变化的现象，形成独特的水域环境和生物区系。；