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watershed

英 ['wɔːtəʃed] 美 ['wɔtɚʃɛd]

解释

n. （美）流域；分水岭；集水区；转折点
adj. 标志转折点的

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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.

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例句和用法

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。

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。

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。

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。

5. Our marriage was at a watershed.: 我们的婚姻到了一个转折关头.