puddle

英 [ˈpʌdl]

美 [ˈpʌdl]

n.  水洼; 小水坑; (尤指)雨水坑

复数：puddles　现在分词：puddling　过去式：puddled　第三人称单数：puddles　过去分词：puddled　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12181 / COCA.9010

牛津词典

noun

• 水洼；小水坑；（尤指）雨水坑
  a small amount of water or other liquid, especially rain, that has collected in one place on the ground

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 水坑；小坑；水洼
  Apuddleis a small, shallow pool of liquid that has spread on the ground.
  1. The road was shiny with puddles, but the rain was at an end.
     马路上到处是水洼，闪着光，不过雨停了。
  2. ...puddles of oil.
     一摊摊油

英英释义

noun

• something resembling a pool of liquid
  1. he stood in a pool of light
  2. his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
  Synonym:pool
• a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
  1. there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
  2. the body lay in a pool of blood
  Synonym:pool
• a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry

verb

• eliminate urine
  1. Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
  Synonym:makeurinatepiddlemicturatepisspeepee-peemake waterrelieve oneselftake a leakspend a pennyweewee-weepass water
• mix up or confuse
  1. He muddled the issues
  Synonym:addlemuddle
• make a puddle by splashing water
• make into a puddle
  1. puddled mire
  Synonym:muddle
• mess around, as in a liquid or paste
  1. The children are having fun puddling in paint
• work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
• dip into mud before planting
  1. puddle young plants
• subject to puddling or form by puddling
  1. puddle iron
• wade or dabble in a puddle
  1. The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard

双语例句

• Why would a dog lie in a cold puddle in the freezing rain?
  为什么一只狗会在这冰冻的雨天躺在寒冷的水坑旁。
• She was beside the puddle where he landed.
  她就躺在他飞落的水坑旁。
• Splashing a pedestrian with a puddle from your car will cost you over$ 60.
  如果你把水坑里的水溅到人行道上，你将会被罚款60美元。
• A bus coveredme with water when it went through a puddle.
  一辆公交车开过水坑，溅了我一身水。
• Three electricians accidentally stepped into a dangerous puddle on March24th.
  3月24日，三名电工误入了一个危险的水坑。
• He stepped lightly over the puddle. They journeyed through rough and miry ways.
  他敏捷地跨过泥水坑。他们走的是坑坑洼洼，满是泥泞的路。
• The dog licked up water in a puddle.
  狗舔水坑中的水喝。
• The photograph showed a man lying prone on the pavement, a puddle of blood about his head.
  这张照片显示一个男子俯卧在人行道上，头部周围有一滩血。
• They turn in the skeins of white clouds like trash in a puddle.
  它们像水坑中的垃圾一样退缩成一缕缕白云。
• A puddle of water or a patch of mud may make them break a leg or sprain a knee.
  一汪儿水，一片儿泥，都可以教它们劈了腿，或折扭了膝。