1530s, from Latin aestuarium "a tidal marsh, mudbeds covered by water at high tides; channel inland from the sea," from aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat," from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice).
实用例句
1. The stream debouches into the estuary.
这条河流入河口湾.
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2. We live near the Thames estuary.
我们的住处靠近泰晤士河入海口.
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3. We moored in the estuary, waiting for high tide.
我们在港湾停泊, 等待涨潮.
来自辞典例句
4. ( The lease area was adjacent to the greatest estuary and marsh area in the United States.
( 租借地临近美国最大的河口与沼泽地.
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5. Natural disturbance and human _ caused disturbance of estuary wetland ecosystem were identified.
