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单词 debouchure
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Definition of debouchure in English:

debouchure

noun dɪbʊˈʃʊədibo͞oˈSHo͝or
  • The mouth of a river or valley.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It bends sharply to the right and flows southward, almost parallel to the lake shore, for more than 30 miles, to its debouchure at Milwaukee.
    • Washing the walls of the town of Cumana - situated on its margin on the west side of its debouchure - is a long narrow arm of the sea.
    • What was the position of this debouchure in the time of Herod the Great?
    • Mr. Balfour saw that they had left the river, and were pushing up the debouchure of a sluggish little affluent.
    • This view is taken from the American side, and presents the debouchure of the waters of Niagara into Lake Ontario, from a point of great advantage.
    Synonyms
    mouth, river mouth, firth

Origin

Mid 19th century: alteration of embouchure, on the pattern of debouch.

 
 

Definition of debouchure in US English:

debouchure

noundibo͞oˈSHo͝or
  • The mouth of a river or valley.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This view is taken from the American side, and presents the debouchure of the waters of Niagara into Lake Ontario, from a point of great advantage.
    • It bends sharply to the right and flows southward, almost parallel to the lake shore, for more than 30 miles, to its debouchure at Milwaukee.
    • Mr. Balfour saw that they had left the river, and were pushing up the debouchure of a sluggish little affluent.
    • What was the position of this debouchure in the time of Herod the Great?
    • Washing the walls of the town of Cumana - situated on its margin on the west side of its debouchure - is a long narrow arm of the sea.
    Synonyms
    mouth, river mouth, firth

Origin

Mid 19th century: alteration of embouchure, on the pattern of debouch.

 
 
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