watershed
英 ['w??t??ed]
美 ['w?t???d]
- n. （美）流域；分水嶺；集水區；轉折點
- adj. 標志轉折點的
中文詞源
watershed 分水嶺water,水，shed,分開。
英文詞源
- watershed (n.)
- "line separating waters flowing into different rivers," 1803, from water (n.1) + shed in a topographical sense of "ridge of high ground between two valleys or lower ground, a divide," perhaps from shed (v.) in its extended noun sense of "the part of the hair of the head" (14c.). Perhaps a loan-translation of German Wasser-scheide. Figurative sense is attested from 1878. Meaning "ground of a river system" is from 1878.
雙語例句
- 1. The advert should only be shown after the 9pm watershed.
- 這則廣告只能在晚上9點成人節目開始后才能播出。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The meeting has the potential to be a watershed event.
- 這次會議有可能成為具有轉折性的事件。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Bad language before the watershed is widely resented.
- 在成人節目時間之前出現的臟話深為眾人憎惡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.
- 19世紀中葉標志著俄國歷史的轉折點。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Our marriage was at a watershed.
- 我們的婚姻到了一個轉折關頭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》