Basin
['beɪs(ə)n] or ['besn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; 'she mixed the dough in a large basin'.
(noun.) a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; 'the basin of the Great Salt Lake'.
(noun.) the quantity that a basin will hold; 'a basinful of water'.
錄入:昆西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
(n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
(n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.
(n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
(n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.
(n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.
(n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.
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解釋/意思:
n. a wide open vessel or dish: any hollow place containing water as a dock: the area drained by a river and its tributaries.
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娱乐性解釋/意思:
For a young woman to dream of bathing in a basin, foretells her womanly graces will win her real friendships and elevations.
錄入:诺顿
例句/造句/用法:
- Anselmo came out of the mouth of the cave with a deep stone basin full of red wine and with his fingers through the handles of three cups. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In about an hour they returned and reported deep water through the passage as well as far into the little basin. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Back I went to my hotel, put my head in a basin of cold water, and tried to think it out. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Though at first confined to a length of 800 feet, the slide extended to include the entire basin south of Gold Hill, or a length of about 3,000 feet. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Here he was taken off his legs, and in swimming was carried round into the centre of the basin, where he perceived Wildeve struggling. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The major spoke to an orderly who went out of sight in the back and came back with a metal basin of cold cooked macaroni. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- They are generally sunk in valley plains and districts where the formation of the ground is such that that below the surface is bent into basin-shaped curves. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They had no knowledge of geography beyond the range of the Mediterranean basin and the frontiers of Persia. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A more pronounced illustration is to wet the hands in a basin of water, and then plunge them in the blast of hot, dry air coming from a furnace register. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- And she ran upstairs to the plate-closet, and presently brought down teapot, cream-ewer, and sugar-basin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The ball is set in a basin of mercury, where it floats. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As she spoke, she drained the basin into the ashes of the fire, and broke the bottle on the hearth. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I took off my tunic and shirt and washed in the cold water in the basin. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Aymo had a basin of spaghetti with onions and tinned meat chopped up in it. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- All fresh water basins, taken together, make a small area compared with that of the sea or of the land. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- These fishes are reared by the Chinese in small ponds, in basins or porcelain vessels, and kept for ornament. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I looked at the board tables, the instruments shining in the light, the basins and the stoppered bottles. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Ringwood) passes reeling by, holding six basins. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The waters of the Mediterranean and of our own Great Salt Lake are led into shallow basins, where, after evaporation by the heat of the sun, they leave a residue of salt. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- All these limestone upper basins must be full of caves, he thought. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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