tributary
a 进贡的，支流的（tribut+ary→给予东西→进贡的；支流给主流水）
释义2：
tributary
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◙ (pl. -ies)1. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake• （河川或湖泊的）支流 »the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi. 伊利诺斯河，密西西比河支流。2. (historical)a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler• [史] 进贡者；附属国，进贡国 »tributaries of the Chinese empire. 中国封建王朝的附属国。【派生】
♦ tributarily adverb【派生】
♦ tributariness noun【语源】
1. late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin tributarius, from tributum (see tribute ). Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent
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