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单词 wadi
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wadi

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wa·di

also wa·dy W0003400 (wä′dē)n. pl. wa·dis also wa·dies 1. a. A valley, gully, or streambed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.b. A stream that flows through such a channel.2. An oasis.
[Arabic wādi; see wdy in Semitic roots.]

wadi

(ˈwɒdɪ) or

wady

n, pl -dies (Physical Geography) a watercourse in N Africa and Arabia, dry except in the rainy season[C19: from Arabic]

wa•di

or wa•dy

(ˈwɑ di)

n., pl. -dis or -dies. (in Arabia, Syria, northern Africa, etc.) 1. the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfall. 2. the watercourse itself. [1830–40; < Arabic wādī]

wa·di

(wä′dē) A gully or streambed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

wadi

A normally dry desert watercourse.
Thesaurus
Noun1.wadi - gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy seasonwadi - gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy seasongully - deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
Translations
uadi

wadi

enUK

wadi

, wady a watercourse in N Africa and Arabia, dry except in the rainy season

Wadi

 

the Arabic name for dry valleys that from time to time fill with streams in the Sahara and on the Arabian Peninsula. A wadi can reach several hundred kilometers in length. Its bed is covered with proluvium.

wadi

[′wäd·ē] (geology) In the desert regions of southwestern Asia and northern Africa, a stream bed or channel, or a steep-sided ravine, gulley, or valley, which carries water only during the rainy season. Also spelled wady.

WADI


AcronymDefinition
WADIWater Supply Watershed Planning and Management: an Integrated Approach (project)
WADIWeb Application Distribution Infrastructure

wadi

enUK
  • noun

Words related to wadi

noun gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season

Related Words

  • gully
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