basin
盆地,流域,盆地中,盆地里的
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- : a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- : any container of similar shape, as the pan of a balance.
- : the quantity held by such a container: We need another basin of water to dilute the mixture.
- : a natural or artificial hollow place containing water.
- : 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.
- : Geology. an area in which the strata dip from the margins toward a common center.
- : Physical Geography. a hollow or depression in the earth's surface, wholly or partly surrounded by higher land: river basin.drainage basin.
- : Botany. the depression in an apple, pear, or other pome at the end opposite the stem.
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Small ponds and lakes then replaced larger lake basins at a time when rainfall became inconsistent.
The state was home to the test of the first atomic bomb in 1945, which is thought to have caused many cancers and other health problems throughout the basin range that was downwind from the test site.
Continuing to monitor these sites and comparing the records with data from devices in other ocean basins may help to clarify matters.
Our current naming system is run by the World Meteorological Organization, which keeps a list of names to cycle through in each storm basin.
Around Mercury’s north and south poles, there are dozens of craters and basins that create permanent shadows.
Another boy walks around and offers a water jug and basin for everyone to wash their hands.
A lake may dry up in one region, but a new one can form when rains fill a basin elsewhere.
He would smuggle the live birds inside his shirt to get them back to his cell, where he had a killing basin.
A pair of magnitude 4-5 earthquakes in the Los Angeles basin.
At the same instant he plunged his hand into the basin and drew out the flower.
The last three years I've been in the Judith Basin, and southern outfits haven't begun to come in there yet.
When used by gentlemen it was common to carry a silver to spit in.