1570s, "narrow opening into a coast, arm of the sea," a special use of Middle English inleten "to let in" (c. 1300), from in + let (v.). In this sense said by old sources to be originally a Kentish term.
雙語例句
1. There is an inlet to a parking lot.
那兒有一個停車場的入口.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. They went to a fishing village on a small inlet of the sea.
他們去了小海灣邊的一個漁村.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. I mean to get into North Inlet, and beach her quietly there.'
我要將船駛進北汊,讓它在那里平穩地登上岸灘. ”
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島
4. Some carburetors have an auxliary fuel valve and inlet.
有些化油器具有備用的燃油閥和入口.
來自辭典例句
5. The fresh - air inlet was usually the crankcase breather cap.