trib·u·tar·y

noun

/ˈtrɪbjətri/

/ˈtrɪbjəteri/

(plural tributaries)

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a river or stream that flows into a larger river or a lake（流入大河或湖泊的）支流
- The Thames is fed by several small tributaries.泰晤士河由几条小支流汇合而成。
- a tributary stream支流
Wordfinder
- bend
- course
- current
- dam
- downstream
- estuary
- river
- source
- tributary
- waterfall
Extra Examples
- Through northern Sudan and Egypt, the Nile is joined by no tributary, flowing as it does through pure desert.尼罗河流经苏丹北部和埃及，没有任何支流汇合，就像流经纯净的沙漠一样。
- We need to monitor the water quality of the tributaries that feed the lake.我们需要监测注入湖中各支流的水质。
Topics Geographyc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- main
- major
tributary + verb
- drain something
- drain into something
- feed something
- …
tributary + noun
- river
- stream
Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler): from Latin tributarius, from tributum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of tribuere ‘assign’ (originally ‘divide between tribes’), from tribus ‘tribe’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.

单词	tributary
释义	trib·u·tar·y noun /ˈtrɪbjətri/ /ˈtrɪbjəteri/ (plural tributaries) enlarge image a river or stream that flows into a larger river or a lake（流入大河或湖泊的）支流 The Thames is fed by several small tributaries.泰晤士河由几条小支流汇合而成。 a tributary stream支流 Wordfinder bend course current dam downstream estuary river source tributary waterfall Extra Examples Through northern Sudan and Egypt, the Nile is joined by no tributary, flowing as it does through pure desert.尼罗河流经苏丹北部和埃及，没有任何支流汇合，就像流经纯净的沙漠一样。 We need to monitor the water quality of the tributaries that feed the lake.我们需要监测注入湖中各支流的水质。 Topics Geographyc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective main major tributary + verb drain something drain into something feed something … tributary + noun river stream Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler): from Latin tributarius, from tributum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of tribuere ‘assign’ (originally ‘divide between tribes’), from tribus ‘tribe’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.
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