inlet

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n. 进口, 插入物 [化] 入口; 进口; 投料口; 供料口

发音

US
/ˈɪnlət/
/ɪnˈlɛt/

词形变化

inlets 复数 inlets inlets 三单 inletting inletting 现在分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.

  2. 2.

    A passage that leads into a cavity.

    1748. David Hume, An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15. by opening this new inlet for sensations, you also open an inlet for the ideas;

v.
  1. 1.

    To let in; admit.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To insert; inlay.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.

    工程 政治 军事

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

recess intake

上位词 3

water opening body of water

下位词 6

cove loch fjord airhorn fiord Siamese

整体词 2

sea lake

相关短语

inlet manifold [化] 入口集合管 inlet manifolds inlet valve [化] 进给阀; 进汽阀 inlet valves Davis Inlet Hamilton Inlet Chesterfield Inlet Aireys Inlet Howqua Inlet Sussex Inlet Cook Inlet 库克水道；库克海湾（阿拉斯加湾的岬角）

词源

From Middle English inlāte (“inlet, entrance”), from inleten (“to let in”), equivalent to in- + let. Compare Low German inlat (“inlet”), German Einlass (“inlet, entrance”).

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