英语词汇“water parting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example sentences from the Web for water parting

The crest of the water-parting is crowned by a chain of snow-capped mountains, separated by broad patches of lower ground.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various
Cuxton is at the entrance of the valley between the two chalk ranges of hills which form the water-parting of the river Medway.
A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land|William R. Hughes
The zigzag line described is not a range of mountains, but a water-parting, which is quite another matter.
Fragments of Earth Lore|James Geikie
Our track led along the water-parting between the Ituri and Ihuru rivers.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley

The delimitation is thus a quite natural and scientific one, coinciding pretty closely to the water-parting of the two countries.
In the Border Country|W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett

单词	water parting
释义	water parting noun a watershed or divide. Origin of water parting First recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby water parting water ouzel, water over the dam, water ox, water paint, water park, water parting, water pennywort, water pepper, waterpick, water pill, water pimpernel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for water parting The crest of the water-parting is crowned by a chain of snow-capped mountains, separated by broad patches of lower ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2\|Various Cuxton is at the entrance of the valley between the two chalk ranges of hills which form the water-parting of the river Medway. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land\|William R. Hughes The zigzag line described is not a range of mountains, but a water-parting, which is quite another matter. Fragments of Earth Lore\|James Geikie Our track led along the water-parting between the Ituri and Ihuru rivers. In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria\|Henry Morton Stanley The delimitation is thus a quite natural and scientific one, coinciding pretty closely to the water-parting of the two countries. In the Border Country\|W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett British Dictionary definitions for water parting water parting noun another term (esp US) for watershed (def. 1) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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water parting

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noun