watershed

英 ['wɔːtəʃed] 美 ['wɔːtərʃed]

• n. 流域；分水岭；转折点

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 分水岭；分水线

   the high land separating two river systems

2. [C] 转折点

   the point of an important change from one state of affairs to another

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 分水岭
2. 转折点
3. 流域
4. 分水界
5. 关键时刻
6. 分水线
7. 分界线
8. 儿童不宜节目可在电视上播放的起始时间
9. 集水区
10. 水域
11. 窗楣板
12. 重要关头

英英释义

Noun:

1. a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

2. the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet;

   "flood control in the Missouri basin"
   

3. an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend;

   "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Zhifanggou Watershed of Ansai is taken as a case study in this paper.
   文章试以安塞纸坊沟流域为例，通过航片解译分析流域土地利用现状。
2. The Great Dividing Range is Australia's main watershed.
   大分水岭是澳大利亚的主要分水岭。
3. The mountain is the watershed of the two rivers of the Yangtze and Qiantang.
   黄山是长江和钱塘江两大水系的分水岭。
4. Leaving her first job was a watershed in her life.
   辞去她的第一份工作是她生活中的一个转折点。
5. Her visit to India proves to be a watershed in her life.
   她的印度之行成了她一生的转折点。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The pindus mountains form the watershed between rivers flowing to the Aegean Sea and to the Ionian Sea.
   品都斯山脉构成了流向爱琴海和爱奥尼亚海的河流的分水岭。
2. Our marriage was at a watershed.
   我们的婚姻到了一个转折关头。

经典引文

• The publication of this book marked a watershed in their relationship.

  出自： M. Meyer

词汇搭配

• minor watershed 小流域
• watershed management 流域管理
• watershed area 分水界域,汇水面积,...
• surface watershed 地面分水岭
• zigzag watershed 锯齿状分水岭...
• agricultural watershed 农业流域
• watershed dam 源头坝
• watershed ecosystem 流域生态系统...
• watershed line 分水线,地形线...
• watershed divide 流域分界线
• watershed protection 流域保护
• underground watershed 地下流域

近反义词

【近义词】

• turning point 转折点
• defining moment 决定性时刻
• breaking point 转换点,击穿点,断裂点...
• crisis 危机
• crunch 发出碎裂声
• divide 划分
• water parting 分水岭
• landmark 陆标
• basin 脸盆
• catchment area 汇水区；汇水面积...
• drainage basin <美>流域
• catchment basin 汇水盆地
• drainage area 流域
• River basin 流域