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脸盆;盆地,流域
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Basin \Ba"sin\, n. [OF. bacin, F. bassin, LL. bacchinus, fr.
bacca a water vessel, fr. L. bacca berry, in allusion to the
round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf. {Bac}.]
1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and
for various other uses.
2. The quantity contained in a basin.
3. A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in
the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders
for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat
into shape, etc.
4. A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for
ships, a little bay.
5. (Physical Geog.)
(a) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the
surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is
generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.
(b) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or
sloping towards a sea or lake.
6. (Geol.) An isolated or circumscribed formation,
particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides,
toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal
formations, called {coal basins} or {coal fields}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
basin
n 1: a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or
liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"
2: the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"
[syn: {basinful}]
3: a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a
lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt
Lake"
4: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its
tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin" [syn: {river
basin}]
5: a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed
and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you
wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin
and splashed it on his face" [syn: {washbasin}, {washbowl},
{washstand}, {lavatory}]