conflux
/kon-floo-uhns/US // ˈkɒn flu əns //UK // (ˈkɒnflʊəns) //
汇合,汇流,混乱,汇合点
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n.名词 noun
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- : 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.
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