confluence

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒn.flu.əns/    美 /ˈkɑnˌflu.əns/|/kənˈflu.əns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
    — The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
  2. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.; The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
    — We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
  3. The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.; The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
  4. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
    — The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
  5. The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
  6. A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
动词 v.
  1. To join together into one stream. intransitive,transitive
    — CHN 082 flows for approximately 304.8 meters (1,000 feet) before confluencing with the North Bald Eagle Creek.

词形变化

confluences plural confluency alternative confluences present,singular,third-person confluencing participle,present confluenced participle,past confluenced past confluency alternative

词汇关系

近义词
conflux
衍生词
hyperconfluence nonconfluence overconfluence postconfluence preconfluence subconfluence
相关词
affluence confluent confluently effluence influence refluence

词源

词源 1
From late Middle English confluence, from Late Latin cōnfluentia (“a flowing together, conflux”), from cōnfluēns (present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”)) + -ia (nominal suffix).
词源 2
From late Middle English confluence, from Late Latin cōnfluentia (“a flowing together, conflux”), from cōnfluēns (present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”)) + -ia (nominal suffix).
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