tributary
noun /ˈtrɪbjətri/
/ˈtrɪbjəteri/
(plural tributaries)
- enlarge imagea river or stream that flows into a larger river or a lake
（流入大河或湖泊的）支流 - The Thames is fed by several small tributaries.
泰晤士河由几条小支流汇合而成。 - a tributary stream
支流 - Through northern Sudan and Egypt, the Nile is joined by no tributary, flowing as it does through pure desert.
流经苏丹北部和埃及，尼罗河没有支流，像流经纯沙漠一样。 - We need to monitor the water quality of the tributaries that feed the lake.
我们需要监测注入湖中各支流的水质。
WordfinderTopics Geographyc2- bend
- course
- current
- dam
- downstream
- estuary
- river
- source
- tributary
- waterfall
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- main
- major
- drain something
- drain into something
- feed something
- …
- river
- stream
词源late Middle English (originally referring to a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler): from Latin tributarius, from tributum, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of tribuere ‘assign’ (originally ‘divide between tribes’), from tribus ‘tribe’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent. - The Thames is fed by several small tributaries.
