estuary

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es·tu·a·ry /ˈestʃuəri, -tʃəri $ -tʃueri/ noun (plural estuaries) [countable]  SGthe wide part of a river where it goes into the sea 河口 → source the Thames estuary 泰晤士河河口 →4  See picture of 见图 RIVER

Examples from the Corpus

estuary• All this at three o'clock in the morning in the middle of the most dangerous estuary in the country.• Hong Kong was just across the Pearl estuary, within clear broadcast range.• The noise of the incoming tide had interrupted their games on the sand further out in the estuary.• I should like to see the rivers that flow into the estuary - and indeed the entire Bristol channel - cleaned.• The results confirm the importance of the estuary for shelduck and identify particularly sensitive areas for breeding.• First entering shallow equatorial seas, then estuaries and coastal oceans, the prehistoric cetaceans spread through the seas of the world.• He directs us to a good campsite a half mile down the beach at the base of a fresh-water estuary.Origin estuary (1500-1600) Latin aestuarium, from aestus “boiling, tide”

es·tu·a·ry nounChineseSyllable  

river the part it Corpus a wide where goes of

estuary
es‧tu‧a‧ry /ˈestʃuəri, -tʃəri $ -tʃueri/ noun (plural estuaries) [countable]the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea ⇨ source:
    the Thames estuary
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ river a line of water that flows into the sea: They crossed the river by ferry. | the River Tweed | the Yangtze river
   ▪ tributary a stream or river that flows into a larger river: The River Trombetas is a tributary of the River Amazon.
   ▪ estuary the wide part of a river where it goes into the sea: plans to build a big new airport on the Thames estuary
   ▪ canal a long passage dug into the ground and filled with water, either for boats to travel along, or to take water to a place: Venice’s famous canals | a canal boat
   ▪ delta an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea: the Nile delta

es·tu·aryBrE /ˈestʃuəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈestʃueri/ 🔊 (

plural

es·tu·aries) noun

the wide part of a river where it flows into the sea （江河入海的）河口，河口湾◆the Thames estuary泰晤士河河口

bend, course, current, dam, downstream, estuary, river, source, tributary, waterfall