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conflux

/kon-floo-uhns/US // ˈkɒn flu əns //UK // (ˈkɒnflʊəns) //

汇合,汇流,混乱,汇合点

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like: the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
    • : their place of junction: St. Louis is at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
    • : a body of water formed by the flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like.
    • : a coming together of people or things; concourse.
    • : a crowd or throng; assemblage.

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Examples

  • The conflux of the sutural or inner margins of the two Elytra, where when closed they unite longitudinally.

  • We encamped this evening at the conflux of the Simpang stream and Ipu river.

  • The findens quor nave considers the sea as a conflux of its component waters; the scindens, merely as a whole.

  • Let me not confound the discriminating character and genius of a nation with the conflux of its individuals in cities and reviews.

  • Passengers on the south-bound saw them seated together, and wondered at the conflux of two such antipodes.