the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width (尤指宽度大致相同的)两条河流的交汇口 ■an act or process of merging 合并,融合 a major confluence of the world's financial markets. 世界金融市场的重大合并。
语源
late Middle English: from late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluere 'flow together' (see confluent)