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basin 音標拼音: [b'esən] n. 臉盆;盆地,流域 臉盆;盆地,流域 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" [ synonym: { basin}, { 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; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; " flood control in the Missouri basin" [ synonym: { river basin}, { basin}, { watershed}, { drainage basin}, { catchment area}, { catchment basin}, { drainage area}] 5: a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; " he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face" [ synonym: { washbasin}, { basin}, { washbowl}, { washstand}, { lavatory}] 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}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The quantity contained in a basin. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay. -- Pope [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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}. [ 1913 Webster] 174 Moby Thesaurus words for " basin": alkali flat, alluvial plain, alveolation, alveolus, anchorage, anchorage ground, antrum, aquamanile, armpit, automatic dishwasher, bath, bathtub, bed, berth, bidet, bottom, bottomland, bowl, breakwater, bulkhead, bushveld, campo, catch basin, cavity, cereal bowl, champaign, champaign country, channel, cistern, coastal plain, concave, concavity, coulee, crater, crypt, cup, delta, depression, desert, dip, dishpan, dishwasher, dock, dockage, dockyard, down, downs, dry dock, embankment, ewer, fell, finger bowl, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, floor, fold, follicle, funnel chest, grass veld, grassland, gravy boat, groin, ground, harbor, harborage, haven, heath, hip bath, hole, hollow, hollow shell, jetty, jutty, kitchen sink, lacuna, lande, landing, landing place, landing stage, lavabo, lavatory, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, marina, mesa, mesilla, mole, moor, moorings, moorland, ocean bottom, open country, pampa, pampas, peneplain, pier, piscina, pit, plain, plains, plateau, playa, pocket, porringer, port, prairie, protected anchorage, punch bowl, quay, road, roads, roadstead, sag, salad bowl, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, sauce boat, savanna, scoop, seaport, seawall, sebkha, shell, shipyard, shower, shower bath, shower curtain, shower head, shower room, shower stall, showers, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, sinus, sitz bath, slip, socket, steppe, table, tableland, terrine, tree veld, trough, tub, tundra, tureen, upland, vat, vega, veld, vug, wash barrel, wash boiler, washbasin, washbowl, washdish, washer, washing machine, washing pot, washpot, washstand, washtub, weald, wharf, wide- open spaces, wold |
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