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watershed

/waw-ter-shed, wot-er-/US // ˈwɔ tərˌʃɛd, ˈwɒt ər- //UK // (ˈwɔːtəˌʃɛd) //

分水岭,流域,分水线,分水嶺

Related Words

milestone里程碑,里程碑式,里程碑式的,里程碑式样pot锅,罐子,壶,盆子bowl碗,碗里,碗里的东西,碗内pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅lagoon潟湖,礁湖,泻湖,沼泽地valley山谷,谷地,谷底,山沟pool池,水池,池子,池塘tub浴缸,浴盆,盆地,盆子event事件,活动stage阶段,舞台,阶段性,阶段性的crisis危机,危机事件,危机感,危机感十足milepost里程碑,哩柱,哩程碑,溆浦县gulf海湾,海湾地区,海湾区,海峡bay湾,湾区,湾湾,畦sag下垂,下降,下陷,下垂的hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的ewer陶器,饮品,饮水机,锥子concavity凹凸不平,凹性,凹陷,凹面sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦vessel容器,船舶,舰船,舰艇

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly British. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide.
    • : the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.; drainage area.
    • : Architecture. wash.
    • : an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc.: The treaty to ban war in space may prove to be one of history's great watersheds.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : constituting a watershed: a watershed area; a watershed case.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlandmark
Synonyms
milestone里程碑,里程碑式,里程碑式的,里程碑式样crisis危机,危机事件,危机感,危机感十足event事件,活动milepost里程碑,哩柱,哩程碑,溆浦县stage阶段,舞台,阶段性,阶段性的waypost路标,路轨,途径帖,途经路线
as inbasin
Synonyms
bowl碗,碗里,碗里的东西,碗内lagoon潟湖,礁湖,泻湖,沼泽地pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅pool池,水池,池子,池塘pot锅,罐子,壶,盆子tub浴缸,浴盆,盆地,盆子valley山谷,谷地,谷底,山沟bay湾,湾区,湾湾,畦concavity凹凸不平,凹性,凹陷,凹面depression抑郁症,忧郁症,萧条,郁闷dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取ewer陶器,饮品,饮水机,锥子gulf海湾,海湾地区,海湾区,海峡hole洞,洞口,窟窿,洞洞hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的sag下垂,下降,下陷,下垂的sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦sinkhole落水洞,水坑,天坑,落水孔vessel容器,船舶,舰船,舰艇washbasin洗脸盆,洗脸池,洗手盆,盥洗池washbowl洗脸盆,洗盆,洗面盆,洗脸池sinkage沉降,沉陷,沉没,沉沦
as indrainage basin
Synonyms
catchment area集水区,集水区域,汇水区,捕鱼区catchment basin集水盆地,集水盆,集水坑,集水区drainage area流域,排水区,排水面积,流域面积

Examples

  • “I was actually shocked at how torn up that upper end of the watershed was,” Joab said.

  • Each watershed was thought to be unique—leaving little ability to create a model that would work equally well across different river basins, Nevo explained.

  • Given that most of the watershed is in Mexico, this is a binational issue.

  • Three-quarters of the 1,700-square-mile Tijuana River watershed lies in Mexico.

  • I think an over-reliance on grants, especially in public media, is a whole bunch of coverage of the watershed and nowhere near enough coverage of City Hall.

  • The alleged FBI and U.S. Attorney investigations into the Newark Watershed may have something to do with that.

  • In a recent interview with NJTV, Booker called the Watershed, “one of the big policy losses that I had in Newark.”

  • He tells us about the devastating consequences of these toxins entering the watershed.

  • To say that the past few years have been a watershed period of improvement for LGBT America is an understatement.

  • The success of Guardians of the Galaxy maybe, just maybe, could be a watershed moment for women.

  • He says he would have walked on to the watershed the first day had we only stiffened his force with the 29th Division.

  • In so far as our object was to follow up a glacier to the North Col we were now on the wrong side of a watershed.

  • In Butler County there are four refineries on the Walnut watershed upstream from the area surveyed.

  • A few years ago planting was undertaken on the watershed of the Colorado Springs, Colorado, reservoir.

  • On steep slopes a certain number of trees must be left to protect the watershed and to prevent the erosion of the soil.

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