首页英语词典wateringwatering的意思

watering怎么读？

watering

英 ['wɔːtərɪŋ] 美['wɔtərɪŋ]

英英释义实用场景例句

n. 浇水；灌溉；排水沟
adj. 灌溉的；浇水用的
v. 浇水；灌溉（water的ing形式）

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英文词源

watering (n.): Old English wæterunge "a carrying water," verbal noun from water (v.). From late 14c. as "a soaking with water;" mid-15c. as "a giving water to (an animal);" c. 1600 as "salivation." Watering-can is from 1690s (earlier water-can, late 14c.); watering-hole is from 1882 (earlier water-hole, 1670s, watering-place, mid-15c.); by 1965 in the figurative sense "place where people meet and socialize over drinks."

双语例句

1. A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.: 一群大象缓慢而笨拙地穿过平原，朝水潭走去。

2. Prizes worth a mouth-watering £9.6 million are unclaimed.: 价值960万英镑的诱人奖品无人认领。

3. a mouth-watering display of cakes: 令人垂涎的蛋糕展示

4. You will remember about watering the flowers, won't you?: 记住给花浇水, 行吗 ?

5. They led the workhorses to the watering trough.: 他们把耕马带到饮水槽去饮水.