tributary

大学

a. 支流的, 纳贡的, 从属的, 辅助的 n. 支流, 纳贡者, 属国

发音

UK /ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/

词形变化

tributaries 复数 tributaries

别名

trib.

教材释义与例句

名词

支流；进贡国；附属国

形容词

纳贡的；附属的；辅助的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

    支流

  2. 2.

    A vein which drains into another vein.

    医学

    The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.

  3. 3.

    A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

    进贡国

    附庸国

    属国

adj.
  1. 1.

    Related to the paying of tribute.

  2. 2.

    Subordinate; inferior.

  3. 3.

    Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.

    The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

feeder affluent confluent

反义词 1

distributary

上位词 1

branch
形容词

同义词 3

conducive contributive contributory

近义相关 3

secondary obligated causative

相关短语

tributary load tributary loads tributary state 藩属国 tributary states

词源

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).

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