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单词 streamlets
释义

streamlet

noun

stream·​let ˈstrēm-lət How to pronounce streamlet (audio)
: a small stream

Synonyms

  • beck [British]
  • bourn
  • bourne
  • brook
  • brooklet
  • burn [British]
  • creek
  • gill [British]
  • rill
  • rivulet
  • run [chiefly Midland]
  • runlet
  • runnel
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Example Sentences

the raging brook of last spring is a mere streamlet now that it's July
Recent Examples on the Web The water vapor signal in that band, though, is small, like a streamlet. Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 26 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1552, in the meaning defined above

streamlets

noun

plural of streamlet
as in brooks
a natural body of running water smaller than a river the raging brook of last spring is a mere streamlet now that it's July

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • brooks
  • creeks
  • streams
  • rills
  • rivulets
  • tributaries
  • runnels
  • bourns
  • becks
  • canals
  • bayous
  • runs
  • brooklets
  • burns
  • freshets
  • bournes
  • arroyos
  • gills
  • freshes
  • runoffs
  • runlets
  • watercourses
  • sloughs
  • coulees
  • washes
  • billabongs
  • waterways
  • channels
  • distributaries
  • affluents
  • influents
  • slews
  • races
  • cutoffs
  • branches
  • slues
  • confluents
  • kills
  • millraces
  • guts
  • cuts
  • millstreams
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