Mesopotamian river, arising in Armenia and flowing to the Persian Gulf, Old English Eufrate, from Greek Euphrates, from Old Persian Ufratu, perhaps from Avestan huperethuua "good to cross over," from hu- "good" + peretu- "ford." But Kent says "probably a popular etymologizing in O.P. of a local non-Iranian name" ["Old Persian," p.176]. In Akkadian, purattu. Related: Euphratean.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects.
土耳其計(jì)劃利用底格里斯河和幼發(fā)拉底河的河水開發(fā)大型水電項(xiàng)目。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Fishermen in the Hafar Canal , a shallow tributary of the Euphrates River.
漁夫在幼發(fā)拉底河一條狹窄的水道——哈法爾水道中.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Water Gulf region, Iraq has the Euphrates and Tigris in Mesopotamia.