watering
英 ['w??t?r??]
美 ['w?t?r??]
- n. 澆水；灌溉；排水溝
- adj. 灌溉的；澆水用的
- v. 澆水；灌溉（water的ing形式）
英文詞源
- watering (n.)
- Old English w?terunge "a carrying water," verbal noun from water (v.). From late 14c. as "a soaking with water;" mid-15c. as "a giving water to (an animal);" c. 1600 as "salivation." Watering-can is from 1690s (earlier water-can, late 14c.); watering-hole is from 1882 (earlier water-hole, 1670s, watering-place, mid-15c.); by 1965 in the figurative sense "place where people meet and socialize over drinks."
雙語例句
- 1. A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.
- 一群大象緩慢而笨拙地穿過平原，朝水潭走去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Prizes worth a mouth-watering ￡9.6 million are unclaimed.
- 價值960萬英鎊的誘人獎品無人認領(lǐng)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a mouth-watering display of cakes
- 令人垂涎的蛋糕展示
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. You will remember about watering the flowers, won't you?
- 記住給花澆水, 行 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. They led the workhorses to the watering trough.
- 他們把耕馬帶到飲水槽去飲水.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》