basin

英 [ˈbeɪsn]

美 [ˈbeɪsn]

n. 盆; (英国英语)调菜盆; 一盆(的量); 流域; 盆地; 凹地; 海盆

复数：basins　第三人称单数：basins　

Collins.2 / BNC.4357 / COCA.6174

牛津词典

noun

盆；（英国英语）调菜盆；一盆（的量）
a large round bowl for holding liquids or (in British English) for preparing foods in; the amount of liquid, etc. in a basin
1. a pudding basin
  布丁盆
流域
an area of land around a large river with streams running down into it
1. the Amazon Basin
  亚马孙河流域
盆地；凹地；海盆
a place where the earth's surface is lower than in other areas of the world
1. the Pacific Basin
  太平洋海盆
港池；内港；内湾；船坞
a sheltered area of water providing a safe harbour for boats
1. a yacht basin
  停放游艇的内港

N-COUNT 盆；大碗
Abasinis a large or deep bowl that you use for holding liquids, or for mixing or storing food.
1. Place the eggs and sugar in a large basin.
  把鸡蛋和糖放在一个大碗里。
2. ...a pudding basin.
  布丁碗
3. Abasin ofsomething such as water is an amount of it that is contained in a basin.
  一大碗之量；一盆之量
4. We were given a basin of water to wash our hands in.
  有人给了我们一盆洗手的水。
N-COUNT 同 washbasin
Abasinis the same as awashbasin.
1. ...a cast-iron bath with a matching basin and wc.
  铸铁浴缸及配套的洗涤槽和马桶
N-COUNT 流域
Thebasinof a large river is the area of land around it from which streams run down into it.
1. ...the Amazon basin.
  亚马孙河流域
N-COUNT 盆地；洼地
In geography, abasinis a particular region of the world where the earth's surface is lower than in other places.
1. ...countries around the Pacific Basin.
  太平洋盆地的周边国家
泊船处
Abasinis a partially enclosed area of deep water where boats or ships are kept.

noun

a bowl-shaped vessel
1. she mixed the dough in a large basin
a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe
1. he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face
Synonym:washbasinwashbowlwashstandlavatory
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries
1. flood control in the Missouri basin
Synonym:river basinwatersheddrainage basincatchment areacatchment basindrainage area
a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
1. the basin of the Great Salt Lake
the quantity that a basin will hold
1. a basinful of water
Synonym:basinful

Tectonic subsidence and sedimentation were primarily controlled by the northern and western basin border faults.
盆地构造沉降和沉积过程主要受北缘和西缘张性断层的控制。
400,000 square kilometres of the Amazon basin have already been deforested.
亚马孙河流域已有40万平方公里的森林遭到滥伐。
There is hardly any water in the basin.
盆里几乎没水了。
The basin fell with a crash.
哐的一声，脸盆掉在地上了。
There was already a rim of dark hairs and soap round the basin.
洗脸盆边上已经有一圈黑头发和肥皂沫。
A superimposed basin tends to containing complex petroleum system, which leads to particular evaluation of its fault sealing.
叠合型盆地的复合含油气系统导致了其断层封闭性评价的特殊性。
China's ancient culture originated in the Yellow River basin.
中国古代文化发祥于黄河流域。
Yitong graben is a strike-slip and extensional basin in Meso-Cenozoic, the eastern China.
伊通地堑是我国东部中-新生代发育的走滑-伸展盆地。
The topography of the river's basin has changed significantly since the floods.
该河流域的地形自洪水以来发生了显著变化。
The sedimentary environment of the chert reflects the tectonic setting of the small oceanic basin in Late Jurassic.
硅质岩的形成环境反映了该陆缘小洋盆在晚侏罗世所处的构造背景。