Skip to main content
EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

wadi

/wah-dee/US // ˈwɑ di //UK // (ˈwɒdɪ) //

瓦迪,瓦地,韦迪,纬地

Related Words

gully沟渠,沟壑,水沟,沟谷creek小溪,溪流,小河,溪水stream溪流,流,溪水,流动sluice闸门,闸口,水闸,闸阀canal运河,漕运,渠道,坎儿井estuary河口,河口区,河口地区,海口aqueduct水道,水渠,渡槽,水管brook小河,小溪,溪流,小溪流channel渠道,频道,通道,信道flume水槽,水箱,水渠,水库conduit导管,管路,管线,渠道gutter地沟,水沟,沟渠,地沟油culvert涵洞,暗渠,涵道,涵养inlet进气口,入口处,入口,进口chute滑道,滑梯,溜槽,溜冰场drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠gullet口腔,大口,大口喝水,大口吃trench壕沟,沟渠,沟槽,沟壑ravine沟壑,峡谷,沟谷,沟渠river河流,内河,河水,河道

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wa·dis.

    • : the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfall.
    • : such a stream or watercourse itself.
    • : a valley.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwatercourse
Synonyms
aqueduct水道,水渠,渡槽,水管brook小河,小溪,溪流,小溪流canal运河,漕运,渠道,坎儿井channel渠道,频道,通道,信道chute滑道,滑梯,溜槽,溜冰场conduit导管,管路,管线,渠道creek小溪,溪流,小河,溪水culvert涵洞,暗渠,涵道,涵养drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠estuary河口,河口区,河口地区,海口flume水槽,水箱,水渠,水库gullet口腔,大口,大口喝水,大口吃gully沟渠,沟壑,水沟,沟谷gutter地沟,水沟,沟渠,地沟油inlet进气口,入口处,入口,进口ravine沟壑,峡谷,沟谷,沟渠river河流,内河,河水,河道sluice闸门,闸口,水闸,闸阀spillway溢洪道,溢流道,泄洪道,溢流口stream溪流,流,溪水,流动trench壕沟,沟渠,沟槽,沟壑

Examples

  • Most Allentown residents of Syrian heritage are Orthodox Christians from the Wadi-al-Nasara region in western Homs province.

  • Even with a GPS, it was easy to get disoriented in a wadi, or to mistake one trail for another.

  • Hadeel, a vivacious 27-year-old from the Wadi Ara region, teaches Arabic in a Jewish Israeli elementary school.

  • What he may not know is that from this museum, the site of the Deir Yassin massacre is visible just across the wadi.

  • He knows the topography and geography of Israel/Palestine, literally street by street and wadi by wadi.

  • Melons are also extensively cultivated here, more particularly in Wadi, and are preserved for some time by hanging.

  • The large palm wood lies to the right of the Wadi, and stretches down nearly to the sea.

  • To the left of the Wadi are many vegetable gardens, with numerous wells.

  • The wood stretches for some distance over the broad surface of the Wadi, which, when swollen, frequently uproots many trees.

  • Then we reached the opposite side of the Wadi, of cliff-like character, the clay of which is much worn away by the water.

Level 5Browse all words →