名複: basins
n.[C]
- 盆;臉盆;食物盆
- 洗滌槽
- 水坑,水池
- 盆地,凹地
- (河川的)流域
- 海灣,內港
- (帶閘的)船塢
衍生
a.
basinal
a.
basined
辨析
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a large bowl or open container for washing in, preparing food, or holding liquid.
- a broadly circular valley or natural depression on the earth's surface. ▸an area drained by a river and its tributaries.▸an enclosed area of water where boats can be moored.
- Geology a circumscribed rock formation where the strata dip towards the centre.
Derivative
- basinful n. (pl. basinfuls).
Etymology
ME: from OFr. bacin, from med. L. bacinus, from bacca ‘water container’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》