tributary
英 ['trɪbjʊt(ə)rɪ]
美['trɪbjə'tɛri]
- adj. 纳贡的；附属的；辅助的
- n. 支流；进贡国；附属国
词态变化
复数: tributaries;
中文词源
tributary 支流
来自拉丁语 tribuere,支付，分配，给予，部落间的财富分配或其它，来自 tribus,部落，词源 同 tribe,contribution.引申词义河流的支流。
英英释意
- 1. a branch that flows into the main stream
英文词源
- tributary (adj.)
- late 14c., "paying tribute," from Latin tributarius "liable to tax or tribute," from tributum (see tribute).
- tributary (n.)
- late 14c., "person, country, etc. owing obedience or paying tribute or a tax to a sovereign or another people," from Latin tributarius (see tributary (adj.)). Meaning "stream that flows into a larger body" is from 1822, from the adjective in this sense, which is recorded from 1610s.
实用场景例句
- [只用于名词前]a tributary stream
- 支流
牛津词典
- ...the Napo river, a tributary of the Amazon.
- 纳波河，亚马孙河的一条支流
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- …a small tributary river.
- 一条小支流
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Fascist in China is a small tributary of this stream.
- 中国的法西斯主义是这股逆流的弱小支流.
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- Several rivers are tributary to the Ganges.
- 有好几条河都是恒河的支流.
辞典例句
- The Avon is a tributary of the Severn.
- 埃文河是塞文河的支流.
辞典例句
- Department of the North River tributary of the River tributaries , the Baltic's largest source of water.
- 系北江支流波罗河支流水源最大的发源地.
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- Sai Yuen tributary of the named Yu River, originating from the north Funing County Nie mouth.
- 西源支流名为渝河, 发源于抚宁县聂口北.
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- In the Ming dynasty, tributary trade constituted the focus of the Sino Japanese relation.
- 明朝时期, 朝贡贸易构成中日关系的核心.
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- The Pelly River is a Yukon tributary and site of the territory's first homestead.
- 佩利河是育空河的支流,也是育空河流域最早开发出来的田园.
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- A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river.
- 水量小过河流的自然水流, 常常充当河流的支流.
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- The tributary debouched into the big river.
- 支流注入大江之中.
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- Fishermen in the Hafar Canal , a shallow tributary of the Euphrates River.
- 渔夫在幼发拉底河一条狭窄的水道——哈法尔水道中.
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- There was one street apart from a tributary road near the end of the village.
- 除了村子尽头的岔道外,还有一条大路.
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- North Stone River tributary of the main shops are Situ River.
- 北石店河的支流主要是司徒河.
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- There is a tributary in front of my house.
- 我家门前有一条河汊子.
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- As the largest tributary of Jinsha river , Yalong river is abundant in hydropower resources.
- 雅砻江是金沙江的最大支流, 水力资源十分丰富.
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- Slough Creek , a tributary of the Lamar , has six dams.
- 瑞波与史密斯都相信, 因为植物重新生长, 海狸又有东西吃了.
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- England was his faithful tributary.
- 英格兰是他忠心的藩属.
辞典例句
- The Missouri River is the chief tributary of the Mississippi.
- 密苏里河是密西西比河的主要支流.
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- Sluice where the river named Zhao Pu, Wu Song Jiang is an important tributary.
- 水闸所在的河流名叫赵浦, 是吴凇江的一条重要支流.
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- Guiyang is on a tributary of the Wu River in the center of the Guizhou province.
- 贵阳位于乌江支流上,居贵州省的正中央.
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- Greek mythology a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron.
- 希腊神话中地狱里的一条河流,据说是黄泉的一条支流.
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- There was a tributary road near the end of the village.
- 村的尽头有条岔道.
《简明英汉词典》
- This tributary feeds into the biggest river in China.
- 这条支流汇入中国最大的河.
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