英['rʌnl]美['rʌnl]
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词根词缀法
run,流淌,-el,小词后缀。引申词义小河,小溪。
noun(名词)
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noun(名词)
小知识
A very small stream is a runnel. You might entertain yourself by floating tiny paper boats down the runnel that streams through the woods behind your house.
In Old English a stream was a ryne, and a teeny tiny stream was a rynel, the source of runnel. You could also call it a “rivulet,” “channel,” or “streamlet.” As well as the runnels in nature, branching off from brooks and streams, you might use it to describe someone's perspiring forehead: “It was so hot that there were runnels of sweat running down his face.”