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headwaters

/hed-waw-terz, -wot-erz/US // ˈhɛdˌwɔ tərz, -ˌwɒt ərz //UK // (ˈhɛdˌwɔːtəz) //

水源地,水源头,水源,水源区

Definitions

n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : Sometimes headwater . the upper tributaries of a river.

Examples

  • Picture this: soldiers from a foreign army are stationed near the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

  • The headwaters of the Sele have been tapped for the great aqueduct for the Apulian provinces.

  • Following the east shore of the river, they came to the mouth of the creek whose headwaters Mr. Bradford had explored.

  • I hastily ran over the contour of the country we had passed through, and saw that indeed the spring must be its headwaters.

  • These are open to occupancy for such purposes and have the advantage of being on streams whose headwaters are protected.

  • Carson joined a party numbering about fifty who intended to trap near the headwaters of the Missouri.