watershed
- 英式英标[\'wɔtɚʃɛd]
- 美式音标[\'wɔːtəʃed]
n. （美）流域；分水岭；集水区；转折点
adj. 标志转折点的
中文词源
watershed 分水岭
water,水，shed,分开。
英文词源
- 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.
实用例句
- 1. The advert should only be shown after the 9pm watershed.
- 这则广告只能在晚上9点成人节目开始后才能播出。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The meeting has the potential to be a watershed event.
- 这次会议有可能成为具有转折性的事件。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Bad language before the watershed is widely resented.
- 在成人节目时间之前出现的脏话深为众人憎恶。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.
- 19世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Our marriage was at a watershed.
- 我们的婚姻到了一个转折关头.
来自《简明英汉词典》