basin
英 ['be?s(?)n]
美['besn]
- n. 水池；流域；盆地；盆
- n. (Basin)人名；(俄)巴辛；(法)巴贊
英英釋意
- 1. a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids;
- "she mixed the dough in a large basin"
- 2. the quantity that a basin will hold;
- "a basinful of water"
- 3. a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it;
- "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"
- 4. the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;
- "flood control in the Missouri basin"
- 5. a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face;
- "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"
