| 单词 | water sink |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater sink water sink n. [ < water n. + sink n.1] a sink (in various senses) that receives or contains water; esp. a swallow hole or sinkhole (sinkhole n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > pot-hole or swallow-hole water sink1553 swallow1610 swallow-hole1660 estuary1665 swallet1668 cockpit1683 sinkhole1772 sink1791 pot1797 water-swallow1811 shake-hole1823 pothole1826 fleet-hole1839 spout hole1849 katavothron1869 ponor1890 sump1951 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for fluid > sink sink1432 sinkstone1432 water sink1798 1553 Protocol Bk. R. Lumsdane (Edinb. Reg. House) 274 Beginand at the water sink beȝond the draine wall. 1786 T. Hurtley Acct. Nat. Curiosities Environs Malham 35 From the Apex of this Cove, after..a succession of rainy and tempestuous weather, when the Water-sink at the Southern extremity of the Tarn is unable to receive the overflux of the Lake there falls a large and heavy torrent. 1798 Hull Advertiser 13 Oct. 1/2 An excellent kitchen and scullery, in which there is a pipe for water, a water sink, with other conveniences. 1890 Nature 27 Nov. 93 The water which flows out of Malham Tarn and disappears down a ‘water-sink’ to the south of the tarn is the stream which emerges at Malham Cove. 1919 J. Hergesheimer Lay Anthony 14 A wooden screen divided them, hid the shelves of bottles, the water sink, and the other properties and ingredients of the druggist's profession. 1975 W. C. Found et al. Econ. & Environmental Impacts Land Drainage Ont. vi. 63 Under dry conditions perched wetlands may actually act as water sinks as storm runoff is taken into storage and lost through evapotranspiration. 2010 B. Evans Walks Silverdale & Arndale (ed. 2) 12/2 These hollows are called dolines, and sometimes have a water sink at the base. < as lemmas |
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