embayment

n. 湾状之物, 港湾形成的

发音

/ɪmˈbeɪmənt/

词形变化

embayments 复数 embayments

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bay. (the water)

  2. 2.

    The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)

  3. 3.

    A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.

  4. 4.

    The process by which a bay is formed.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

bay

上位词 2

water body of water

下位词 1

bight

整体词 1

sea

词源

From em- + bay + -ment.

来源：wiktionary