tributary
英 [ˈtrɪb.jə.tər.i]
美 [ˈtrɪb.jə.ter.i]
- adj. 纳贡的；附属的；辅助的
- n. 支流；进贡国；附属国
星级词汇:
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。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. There was a tributary road near the end of the village.
- 村的尽头有条岔道.
- 2. 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.
- 3. Several rivers are tributary to the Ganges.
- 有好几条河都是恒河的支流.
- 4. The Avon is a tributary of the Severn.
- 埃文河是塞文河的支流.
- 5. England was his faithful tributary.
- 英格兰是他忠心的藩属.
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