| 单词 | lake |
| 释义 | lake lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e), lac(e), appar. a conflation of OF lac, its source, L lacus (cf. Gk lákkos, OIr loch, OE, OS lagu sea, water) and OE lacu stream, water course (cf. leccan to moisten, mod. dial. lake stream, channel; see LEACH1)] lake2 /layk/, n. 1. any of various pigments prepared from animal, vegetable, or coal-tar coloring matters by chemical or other union with metallic compounds. 2. a red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal by combination with a metallic compound. [1610-20; var. of LAC1] |
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