| 单词 | best watered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbest watered c. Of a region or locality: that has rivers or streams. Also of a road: within easy distance of water. Often with adverb, as best watered, abundantly watered, etc. Cf. well-watered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > [adjective] > having plentiful supply of water watered1688 water-bearing1851 hydric1926 the world > matter > liquid > water > [adjective] > supplied with water waterya1425 watered1531 watered1688 1688 E. Bohun Geogr. Dict. sig. Pp2/1 Quantum... One of the best watered, and most fruitful Provinces in this Kingdom. 1701 Boyers Trav. Europe i. ii. 75 This is one of the best watered Parts of all Germany. 1798 R. Bloomfield Spring in Farmer's Boy 38 Where noble Grafton spreads his rich domains, Round Euston's water'd vale, and sloping plains. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn II. viii. 136 I should say it was the best watered..piece of country yet discovered in New Holland. 1895 Daily News 22 Oct. 2/1 (advt.) Good and watered roads pass through the properties. 1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) xix. 286 The greatest extent of equatorial virgin forest is fund in South America in the vast, abundantly watered plain of the Amazon. 1985 G. R. H. Wright Anc. Building South Syria & Palestine I. iii. 79 The Negev..is however by no means entirely desolate wilderness. It is traversed..by adequately watered roads and trails. 2010 J. A. Greene Beyond Bear's Paw i. 19 Fort Walsh..was raised in a watered valley of the Cypress Hills. < as lemmas |
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