confluence
英 [ˈkɒn.fluː.əns]
美 [ˈkɑːn.fluː.əns]
confluence 汇合处con-, 强调。-flu, 流,见flu, fluent.
- confluence (n.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluentem (nominative confluens), present participle of confluere "to flow together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
- 1. a confluence of social factors
- 多种社会因素的汇集
- 2. The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.
- 内拉河和韦利诺河的汇合处是落差达160米的瀑布,景象十分壮观。
- 3. Like most cases of extreme weather, its severity was due to an unusual confluence of events.
- 如同大多数极端天气状况一样,其剧烈程度是由于几种气象条件反常地汇集在一起造成的。
- 4. They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.
- 他们建造了城市的汇合两条河流.
- 5. Confluence: a flowing together of two or more streams.
- 汇集: 两条或多条溪流的聚合在一起.