empty into
empty into — 片語動詞
- 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,
流入；注入
河流的水最後匯入大海、湖泊等較大水域
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.
尼羅河在 Alexandria 城附近流入地中海。
[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.
Niran 看著那條混濁的小溪流入山丘下方寬闊的綠色湖泊。
[stream] empties into [lake]: smaller water joining larger water
Several small mountain rivers empty into the bay during the heavy spring rains.
在春天大雨期間，好幾條小山河都注入這座海灣。
The canal behind Mira's house empties into a slow brown river two miles south.
Mira 家後面的水道往南兩英里流入一條緩慢的褐色河流。
Where the river empties into the ocean, the fresh and salt water mix together.
在河流注入大海的地方，淡水和鹹水會混合在一起。
- 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.