wa.ter.shed
n.(名词)
A ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems.Also called water parting
分水岭:将两个不同水系流经地区分开的脊状高地也作 water parting
The region draining into a river, river system, or other body of water.
流域:将水排入某河流、水系或其它水体的地域
A critical point that marks a division or a change of course; a turning point:
分水岭,转折点:标志着分界或过程改变的重要关头;转折点:
例句:
.a watershed in modern American history, a time that . . . forever changed American social attitudes.(Robert Reinhold)
.现代美国历史的转折点,一个…永远改变了美国社会观念的时刻.(罗伯特·赖恩豪德)
来源:
Probably translation of German Wasserscheide
可能为 德语 Wasserscheide的翻译
Wasser [water]
Wasser [水]
Scheide [divide, parting]
Scheide [分开,分离]