rivulet

n. 小河

发音

UK /ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/
其它
US /ˈɹɪv.jə.lət/

词形变化

rivulets 复数 rivulets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.

    小河

    涓流

    溪流

    A rivulet of tears ran down his face.

  2. 2.

    Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

run rill runnel streamlet

上位词 2

stream watercourse

相关短语

Blomer's rivulet Nicholls Rivulet Allens Rivulet

词源

From Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo (“trickle, little stream”), diminutive of rivo (“stream, brook, creek”), ultimately from Latin rīvulus, diminutive of rīvus. By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -ule + -et.

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