empty into
empty into — phrasal verb
- empty intobase form
- empties into3rd person singular
- emptying into-ing form
- emptied intopast simple
1. to carry water from a river or stream so that it joins a much bigger lake, sea,
to carry water from a river or stream so that it joins a much bigger lake, sea, or ocean at the end of its path
The Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Alexandria.
[river] empties into [sea] for the end point of a river
Niran watched the muddy stream empty into the wide green lake below the hill.
[stream] empties into [lake]: smaller water joining larger water
Several small mountain rivers empty into the bay during the heavy spring rains.
The canal behind Mira's house empties into a slow brown river two miles south.
Where the river empties into the ocean, the fresh and salt water mix together.
- flow into
more general; any liquid movement, not only a river reaching its end
- drain into
stresses water leaving a land area or system and collecting somewhere
- discharge into
formal or technical; common for pipes, sewers, and rivers in reports
文法句型
[river] empties into [body of water]
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a moving body of water (river, stream, canal); the object after 'into' is a larger, often still body of water (sea, lake, ocean, bay). Rarely used of people or objects.