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

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