waterfall

B1 大学 FREQ #12081 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 瀑布

发音

UK /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/
US /ˈwɔtɚfɔl/
US /ˈwɑtɚfɔl/
/ˈwɑtɚfɑl/

词形变化

waterfalls 复数 waterfalls waterfalled waterfalling waterfalls 三单 waterfalling 现在分词 waterfalled 过去式 waterfalled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

瀑布；瀑布似的东西

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

    瀑布

  2. 2.

    A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

    瀑布

    比喻

    A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.

  3. 3.

    Short for waterfall model

    计算机 工程 数学

    A very long duration project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.

  4. 4.

    The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.

    美国 俚语

    Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?

  5. 5.

    A necktie.

    非正式 过时
  6. 6.

    A chignon (hairstyle).

    非正式 过时
  7. 7.

    A beard.

    非正式 过时
  8. 8.

    A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.

    体育
v.
  1. 1.

    To fall like a waterfall.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.

    及物
  3. 3.

    Synonym of recycle.

    体育

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

falls

上位词 2

water body of water

下位词 2

cascade cataract

整体词 1

river

相关短语

waterfall model [计] 瀑布模型 waterfall models waterfall bong waterfall plot waterfall plots waterfall bongs waterfall skirt waterfall skirts waterfall layout waterfall layouts waterfall method waterfall methods waterfall stomach [医] 瀑布形胃 waterfall effect waterfall illusion

词源

From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).

来源：wiktionary