Puddle

['pʌd(ə)l] or ['pʌdl]

解释:

(noun.) a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry.

(verb.) make a puddle by splashing water.

(verb.) mess around, as in a liquid or paste; 'The children are having fun puddling in paint'.

(verb.) work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud.

(verb.) dip into mud before planting; 'puddle young plants'.

(verb.) subject to puddling or form by puddling; 'puddle iron'.

(verb.) wade or dabble in a puddle; 'The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard'.

编辑:奥尔加--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

(n.) Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water.

(v. t.) To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

(v. t.) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water.

(v. t.) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.

(v. t.) To subject to the process of puddling, as iron, so as to convert it from the condition of cast iron to that of wrought iron.

(v. i.) To make a dirty stir.

编辑:拉维恩

同义词及近义词：

n. Pool (of dirty water).

约翰娜编辑

解释:

n. an ill-shaped awkward person.

n. a small pool of muddy water: a mixture of clay and sand.—v.t. to make muddy: to stir up mud: to make water-tight by means of clay: to convert into bar or wrought iron.—v.i. to make a dirty stir.—ns. Pudd′ler one who turns cast-iron into wrought-iron by puddling; Pudd′ling the act of rendering impervious to water by means of clay: the process of converting cast into bar or wrought iron.—adj. Pudd′ly dirty.

校对:托妮