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单词 estuary
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estuaryn.

/ˈɛstjuːəri/
Forms: 1500s estuarie, (1600s estuar), 1500s– estuary.
Etymology: < Latin aestuārium, prop. adjective ‘tidal’, hence a tidal marsh or opening, < aestus heat, boiling, bubbling, tide.
1. gen. A tidal opening, an inlet or creek through which the tide enters; an arm of the sea indenting the land. rare in modern use.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea
fleetc893
pillOE
arm of the seaOE
sounda1300
lougha1387
bracec1400
lough1423
firthc1425
loch1427
resort1477
estuarya1552
inshot1555
mere1574
portlet1577
fret1587
frith1600
sea-gate1605
creek1625
sea-lochc1645
wick1664
fjord1674
voea1688
backwater1867
strait gulf1867
ocean-arm1871
ria1887
fjard1904
geo1934
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > pot-hole or swallow-hole
water sink1553
swallow1610
swallow-hole1660
estuary1665
swallet1668
cockpit1683
sinkhole1772
sink1791
pot1797
water-swallow1811
shake-hole1823
pothole1826
fleet-hole1839
spout hole1849
katavothron1869
ponor1890
sump1951
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 24 A greate Sande with a shorte Estuary into the Lande.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 219 Two Castles..sufficiently defended..by the Estuary of the Sea.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Æstuary, a Place overflow'd with Sea~water, such as the Washes and Fens in Lincolnshire.
1782 W. Gilpin Observ. River Wye (1789) 128 The finest estuary [Cardiff] we had seen in Wales.
1825 R. Heber Jrnl. 26 Jan. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xxi. 625 The country resembled extremely a large æstuary, but studded with rocky islands.
1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 53 The word Fleet means an estuary or arm of the sea.
1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 238 The La Plata..is rather an estuary of the sea than a river.
2. spec. The tidal mouth of a great river, where the tide meets the current of fresh water.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > mouth or outfall
mouthlOE
issue1423
firthc1425
estuary15..
fall1511
port1555
inset1559
water mouth1574
open1582
emboguing1603
ostium1611
inver1615
outfall1629
ostiary1646
influx1652
disclosure1660
discharge1688
waterfoot1730
outflux1739
embouchure1792
sortie1809
beal1819
debouchure1832
salting-place1842
embouchement1844
debouchment1859
ria1887
15.. J. Stow Annales (1615) 3 The Riuer of Taus..breaketh into the German sea, and at ye mouth forceth great estuars or armes of the sea.
1635 W. Saltonstall tr. G. Mercator Historia Mundi 105 On the East it is beaten with the German Ocean, on the North it toucheth the Æstuarie of Abus or Humber.
1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk II. 96 The vale..was formerly an æstuary, communicable with the ocean at Yarmouth.
1798 H. Skrine Two Tours Wales (T.) The river swells into a great estuary, and in sight forms the Bristol Channel.
a1804 W. Gilpin (T.) Among the solitary birds, which frequent the estuaries of rivers.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 265 Estuaries (a term which we confine to inlets entered both by rivers and tides of the sea).
1853 J. Phillips Rivers, Mountains, & Sea-coast Yorks. i. 1 Estuaries worthy of such tributaries.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 212 Upraised deposits of silt..skirt the estuary of the Clyde.
1928 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1927 79 310 Distribution: Fresh and brackish water. Ponds, streams and aestuaries along the Atlantic Coast.
3. A place where liquid boils up. Obsolete.
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1684 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) IV. 799 Whether..over the æstuary..there arise any visible mineral fumes.
in extended use.1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 50 Bacon was accustomed to take a draught of March-beer towards bedtime, to settle this æstuary of his mind.
4. A vapour-bath. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > hot air or steam bath
stew1390
stovec1485
stufe1541
stow1614
furo1615
Turkish bath1644
estuary1657
steam-bath1725
Russian bath1770
stufa1832
sweat-bath1877
sauna1881
shvitz1937
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Cc2 Chirurgions have invented a certain Æstuary..like a Bird-cage.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Æstuary, in a Medicinal Sense, a receiving of the Vapours or Steam of certain boiled Drugs into the Body, thro' a hole made in a Seat or Chair.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Æstuarium, in pharmacy, a vapor-bath.
1950 R. Graves Occupation: Writer 225 It was about this time that the Methuan Treaty with Portugal made port the family drink of the Blimps, and that the aestuary, a primitive Turkish bath, was invented.
5. attributive (sometimes quasi-adj.= estuarine adj.).
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1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 280 Estuary shells are more frequently liable..to be intermixed with the exuviæ of pelagic tribes.
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) vii. 129 My reasons for considering the Pampæan formation to be an estuary deposit were, etc.
1884 Daily News 7 Oct. 6/1 While the estuary fishermen have reaped a remunerative harvest, the rod men have had little or no fishing.

Draft additions 1997

Estuary English n. a term applied (with reference to the estuary of the River Thames) to a type of accent identified as spreading outwards from London, mainly into the south-east of England, and containing features of both received pronunciation and such regional accents as Cockney.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [noun] > specific accents
Oxford accent1855
Oxford Englisha1894
Mummersetshire1952
Morningside1953
Brummie1963
Roedean1972
mid-Atlantic1975
Estuary English1984
1984 D. Rosewarne in Times Educ. Suppl. 19 Oct. 29/1 What I have chosen to term Estuary English may now and for the foreseeable future, be the strongest native influence upon RP. ‘Estuary English’ is a variety of modified regional speech... ‘Estuary English’ is a mixture of ‘London’ and General RP forms.
1993 Sunday Times 14 Mar. 1/8 It is the classless dialect sweeping southern Britain. Estuary English, the ‘high cockney’ diction typified by Ken Livingstone, Nigel Kennedy and Lord Tebbit, has taken such a hold on the way millions speak that it could become the standard spoken English of the future.
1993 New Musical Express 8 May 24/1 With his hangdog expression and deadpan Estuary English patter, rock telly's most unlikely host not only presents Later but..arranges many ground-breaking musical collaborations.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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