inlet的词源

英文词源

inlet (n.)

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.

中文词源

inlet：入口，小海湾

in-,进入，使，let,让。即进去的入口，引申词义小海湾。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：inlet 词源，inlet 含义。

inlet：进口，入口；水湾，小港

词根词缀： in-内 + let(let in 让进)