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单词 basinlike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ba•sin /ˈbeɪsən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a round container shaped like a bowl to hold liquid.
  2. the quantity that a basin can hold.
  3. a hollow place containing water.
  4. a sheltered area along a shore: a yacht basin.
  5. an area of land drained by a river:the Amazon basin.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ba•sin  (bāsən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, esp. for washing.
  2. any container of similar shape, as the pan of a balance.
  3. the quantity held by such a container:We need another basin of water to dilute the mixture.
  4. a natural or artificial hollow place containing water.
  5. a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored:a yacht basin.
  6. Geologyan area in which the strata dip from the margins toward a common center.
  7. [Physical Geog.]
    • Geographya hollow or depression in the earth's surface, wholly or partly surrounded by higher land:river basin.
    • GeographySee drainage basin. 
  8. Botanythe depression in an apple, pear, or other pome at the end opposite the stem.
  • Late Latin bac(c)īnum (bacc(a) water vessel, back3 + -īnum -ine1); perh. further related in Latin to beaker
  • Old French
  • Middle English bacin 1175–1225
basin•al, adj. 
basined, adj. 
basin•like′, adj. 

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