Estuary的意思|Estuary的解释-里氏词典

estuary ['ɛstʃʊ`ɛrɪ]

n. 河口, 港湾

The ship has touched bottom the estuary must be shallower than we thought.
船搁浅了--这河口的水比我们想像的要浅.
The stream debouches into the estuary.
这条河流入河口湾.
A stretch of water in a river, an estuary, or a tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
巨澜在河流、港湾或潮汐海峡中，由波浪和它对立的水流相撞而成的一条绵延水域

estuary

[ noun ]
the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
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Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Estuaries}. [L. aestuarium, from
aestuare to surge. See {Estuate}.] [Written also
{[ae]stuary}.]
1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
[Obs.] --Boyle.

2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide
meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.

it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries.
--Dana.

Estuary \Es"tu*a*ry\, a.
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
--Lyell.

In 1976 they were used in La Coruna's estuary and all but killed off the local mollusc industry.
They fear the project would threaten navigation of the estuary. A feasibility study is being carried out on the project.
While some may dismiss the oyster as nothing more than a delicacy, Ray, who has a doctorate in biology, says oyster beds are significant in an estuary's ecosystem.
As Chris explains, it's the ever-shifting place where the Hudson turns salty and technically becomes an estuary.
It was famous for its magnificent view over the Pearl River estuary - and its truly diabolical food.
Most were taken by security men to one of the 340 detention centers for questioning; many were tortured, often fatally. Evidence indicates some were dumped from airplanes into the River Plate estuary.
Swinging moorings on a buoy in the harbour or estuary are cheaper than renting a berth in a marina; but for such a lovely spot as the Beaulieu river in Hampshire, they are still pricy, with an annual charge of Pounds 42 a foot plus VAT.
Just up the road from Hamburg, Germany's richest city, lies Itzehoe, an average sort of place, a swampy socialist stronghold close to the Elbe estuary.
Biologist Esther Burket said oil coming ashore on a sandy beach would be less harmful than in an estuary such as Bolsa Chica, where birds would ingest the petroleum with the plants they eat.
Everywhere else the fleur de lys flutters: from apartment blocks, schools and the dozens of video rental hypermarkets. Fifteen feet of snow fall each year in Sept Iles, by the salt water of the St Lawrence estuary.
"It's not as bad as it would have been, if it would have hit Galveston Bay _ there's not an estuary up there _ but it's still bad," said Houston Audubon Society President Gary Clark.
Thick smoke covered the Grangemouth area and was drifting across the estuary to Fife. Police advised people to stay indoors. Grangemouth docks are close to a large BP chemical complex, but the company said it was not affected.
This is the mighty Parana, which rises in central Brazil and flows 2,000 miles until it joins the Uruguay in the estuary of the River Plate, in Argentina. This information I had from books.
It has large quantities of high quality industrial land reclaimed from the Dee estuary, it is close to the population centres of north west England, and has excellent road, rail, air and port communications.

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