euripus

n. 急流海峡, 潮急

发音

/jəˈɹaɪpəs/

词形变化

euripi euripuses 复数 euripuses euripi 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia.

  2. 2.

    A flux and reflux.

    引申义

相关短语

Euripus Strait

词源

From Latin euripus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).

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