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1 confluence
ˈkɔnfluəns сущ.
1) а) слияние( рек) ;
пересечение( дорог) б) место слияния The city lies at the confluence of three rivers. ≈ Город стоит у слияния трех рек. в) общее течение после слияния
2) стечение, слияние a happy confluence of weather and scenery ≈ счастливое сочетание погоды и природы
3) а) скопление народа, толпа the vast confluence of people ≈ огромное скопление народа б) собрание вещей, совокупность, скопление confluence of particles ≈ скопление частиц слияние (рек) ;
соединение( дорог) место слияния или соединения;
- built upon the * of the rivers построенный на месте слияния рек стечение народа, толпа сосредоточение;
собрание;
- the * of scholarship that made a breakthrough in science созвездие ученых, совершивших переворот в науке confluence слияние, соединение, сосредоточение ~ слияние (рек) ;
пересечение (дорог) ;
место слияния ~ стечение народа, толпа conflux: conflux =confluenceБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > confluence
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2 confluence
['kɔnfluən(t)s]сущ.The city lies at the confluence of three rivers. — Город стоит у слияния трёх рек.
3) стечение, сочетание4) скопление, стечение народа, толпа5) сосредоточение, скопление
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