- a river in South America, flowing over 6,683 km (4,150 miles) through Peru, Colombia, and Brazil into the Atlantic Ocean. It drains two fifths of the continent and in terms of water flow it is the largest river in the world.亚马孙河（南美洲一河流, 总长6,683公里, 即4,150英里, 流经秘鲁、哥伦比亚和巴西, 注入大西洋, 流域约占该洲2/5面积, 就流量而言, 是世界上最大的河流）。
派生词
Amazonian
adjective词源
the river bore various names after its discovery in 1500 and was finally called Amazon after a legendary race of female warriors believed to live on its banks.
noun
1
- a member of a legendary race of female warriors believed by the ancient Greeks to exist in Scythia or elsewhere on the edge of the known world亚马孙（传说中古希腊人认为的女战士族成员, 曾居住在锡西厄或世界边缘某地）。
1.1
- a very tall and strong or athletic woman高大强悍的女子。
2
amazon
a parrot, typically green and with a broad rounded tail, found in Central and South America绿色小鹦鹉。
2.1
- Genus Amazona, family Psittacidae: numerous species.亚马孙鹦鹉属, 鹦鹉科：众多种。
派生词
Amazonian
/ˌæməˈzəʊnɪən/ adjective词源
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek Amazōn, explained by the Greeks as 'breastless' （as if from a- 'without' + mazos 'breast'）， referring to the fable that the Amazons cut off the right breast so as not to interfere with the use of a bow， but probably a folk etymology of an unknown foreign word.