| 释义 |
basin/ˈbeis(ə)n/n. 1a = WASHBASIN b a wide round open container, esp. one for preparing food in or for holding water (尤指盛食品、水的)盆，水盆，面盆 2 a hollow rounded depression 水洼，水坑 3 any sheltered area of water where boats can moor safely 船坞 4 a round valley 盆地 5 an area drained by rivers and tributaries 流域 6 Geol. 【地质】a a rock formation where the strata dip towards the centre 凹地 b an accumulation of rock strata formed in this dip as a result of subsidence and sedimentation (由沉积形成的)盘层 □ basinful n. (pl. -fuls)[Middle English via Old French bacin from medieval Latin ba(s)cinus, perhaps from Gaulish] |