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embayment of [noun phrase]
embayment常与of连用，表示……的凹入处。
The embayment of the coastline creates a natural harbor.
海岸线的凹入处形成了一个天然港口。
海湾；港湾
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海湾；港湾
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
The embayment of the coastline creates a natural harbor.
海岸线的凹入处形成了一个天然港口。
海湾(水域)。
A bay. (the water)
海湾岸线；海岸线的凹入部分(指陆地而非水域)
The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)
曾是海湾的地形特征,如密西西比湾。
A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.
海湾形成的过程
The process by which a bay is formed.
The small embayment provided a safe harbor for the fishing boats during the storm.
这个小海湾在暴风雨中为渔船提供了安全的避风港。
We walked along the cliff and looked down at the wide embayment below us.
我们沿着悬崖散步，俯瞰下方宽阔的海湾。
Several embayments along this coast are home to rare seabirds.
这条海岸线上的几个海湾是珍稀海鸟的家园。
embayment常与of连用，表示……的凹入处。
The embayment of the coastline creates a natural harbor.
海岸线的凹入处形成了一个天然港口。
Several species of fish breed in the embayment.
几种鱼类在这个海湾中繁殖。
embayment前可用形容词修饰大小。
The geologists studied a small embayment along the shore.
地质学家们研究了海岸线上的一个小海湾。
Not this
The river embayments near the sea.
Use this
The river forms an embayment near the sea.
“embayment”是名词，不能用作动词。应使用“forms an embayment”这样的名词短语。
Not this
The coast has several embayment.
Use this
The coast has several embayments.
“embayment”是可数名词，复数形式为embayments，需要加-s。
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可数名词，指比小海湾大但比海湾小的海岸凹入处。
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