单词 | estuary |
释义 | estuary —estuarial /es'chooh air"ee euhl/, adj. /es"chooh er'ee/, n. , pl. estuaries. 1. that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide. 2. an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river. [1530-40; < L aestuarium channel, creek, inlet, equiv. to aestu(s) tide + -arium -ARY] |
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