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单词 tributary
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tributary

(trɪbjʊtəri, US -teri)
Word forms: plural tributaries
countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a larger one.
...the Napo river, a tributary of the Amazon. [+ of]
...a small tributary river.

tributary in British English

(ˈtrɪbjʊtərɪ, -trɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -taries
1. 
a stream, river, or glacier that feeds another larger one
2. 
a person, nation, or people that pays tribute
adjective
3. 
(of a stream, etc) feeding a larger stream
4. 
given or owed as a tribute
5. 
paying tribute
Derived forms
tributarily (ˈtributarily)
adverb

tributary in American English

(ˈtrɪbjuˌtɛri; ˈtrɪbjəˌtɛri)
adjective
1. 
paying tribute
2. 
under another's control; subject
a tributary nation
3. 
in the nature of tribute; owed or paid as tribute
4. 
a. 
making additions or furnishing supplies; contributory
b. 
flowing into a larger one
a tributary stream
nounWord forms: plural ˈtribuˌtaries
5. 
a tributary nation or ruler
6. 
a tributary stream or river
Derived forms
tributarily (ˈtribuˌtarily)
adverb
Word origin
ME tributarie < L tributarius

Examples of 'tributary' in a sentence
tributary

They'd reached one of the rustic bridges over an opaque emerald Isis tributary.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
`I believe that at one time this was a tributary of the Muddy River.
Keene, Carolyn THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY (2002)
The camp was beside the grey shingle bed of a tributary stream.
Innes, Hammond HIGH STAND (2002)
"EVE looked up anxiously as Reno rode back in from his short exploration of the tributary canyon.
Elizabeth Lowell ONLY YOU (2002)
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