单词 | rivulet |
释义 | rivulet/ˈrɪvjʊlɪt /noun 1A small stream of water or another liquid: sweat ran in rivulets down his back...
1.1 literary A very small river or stream.Tracing the rivulet a hundred paces from the highway, she found the spring that fed it....
2A brownish European moth with white markings, occurring in rough grassland.
OriginLate 16th century: alteration of obsolete riveret (from French, literally 'small river'), perhaps suggested by Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, based on Latin rivus 'stream'. |
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