estuary的词源

英文词源

estuary (n.)

1530s, from Latin aestuarium "a tidal marsh, mudbeds covered by water at high tides; channel inland from the sea," from aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat," from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice).

中文词源

estuary：河口

来自PIE*aidh, 燃烧，沸腾，词源同edifice, ether. 因河口湍急的水流而得名。

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