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inlet

/noun in-let, -lit; verb in-let, in-let/US // noun ˈɪn lɛt, -lɪt; verb ˈɪnˌlɛt, ɪnˈlɛt //

进气口,入口处,入口,进口

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
    • : a narrow passage between islands.
    • : a place of admission; entrance.
    • : something put in or inserted.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·let, in·let·ting.

    • : to put in; insert.

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Examples

  • MacDonnell’s getaway was on a Delaware barrier island with a view of a small town across an inlet to the west.

  • From there, paddle out southward to the Turnagain Arm bore tide, an up to ten-foot wave that usually occurs twice daily, when the incoming ocean tide meets the outgoing water from the inlet.

  • Expect to spin up to 55 miles a day, cruising along rugged inlets, past award-winning vineyards, and into soaring alps.

  • I tested this kayak in the back of a new inlet cut by Hurricane Sandy through a barrier beach on Long Island’s South Shore.

  • Fraser River, False Creek, Burrard Inlet—all those regions around there are somewhat semi-enclosed.

  • In an inlet north of Pensacola Beach, his crew sighted more tar balls.

  • Four miles to the north of Smoky Cape is an inlet having a bar harbour, on which there is but eight feet water.

  • The western side of the inlet is occupied by a bank of clay, that dries at low water.

  • The harbour, formed by the estuary of the river and Yellow Mill Pond, an inlet, is excellent.

  • It, too, lay in a narrow valley between rugged mountains at the head of a deep inlet.

  • On the 7th, off New River Inlet, we discovered a small sail standing to the northward.

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