tributary是什么意思

音标:英 ['trɪbjətrɪ]美 [ˈtrɪbjəˌtɛrɪ]

a. 支流的, 纳贡的, 从属的, 辅助的支流, 纳贡者, 属国

s. (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream
s. paying tribute

tributary的用法和例句：

1. endeavoring to forge a tributary and force me down it.

妄图让大宋变为进贡国 逼我卸任

2. Miller will lead the first battalion through the southern tributary.

米勒就带领第一军营 穿过南边的岔道

3. It's an Indian name for a tributary that runs beside a main river.

这是一条支流的印度名字 它在主流旁流淌

4. Oh, some of my associates intended to weigh anchor in a nearby tributary before the weather turns.

我的一些伙伴想在附近的附属国起航 赶在天气变化之前

5. I'm also aware that the likeliest source of electricity for the casino comes from damming your tributary.

我还知道赌场很有可能 要在你们的支流上筑坝供电

6. But to find the mystery mountain from the map, first, I'm going to have to find and follow the unnamed tributary.

要在地图上找到那座神秘之山 首先 我必须要找到 并追溯那条不具名的支流

7. He was discarded in a tributary over 400 miles away from anything that feeds into the dam where the first victims were found.

抛尸地点是一条支流 距离任何能流入发现首批死者的海狸坝 所在的河流都有四百英里远