英语词汇“lake”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	lake
释义	Trends of lake View usage for: lake (leɪk) Word forms: plural lakes countable noun [oft in names] A lake is a large area of fresh water, surrounded by land. They can go fishing in the lake. The Nile flows from Lake Victoria in East Africa north to the Mediterranean Sea. Synonyms: pond, pool, reservoir, loch [Scottish] More Synonyms of lake lake in British English 1 (leɪk) noun 1. an expanse of water entirely surrounded by land and unconnected to the sea except by rivers or streams ▶ Related adjective: lacustrine 2. anything resembling this 3. a surplus of a liquid commodity a wine lake Word origin C13: lac, via Old French from Latin lacus lake in British English 2 (leɪk) noun 1. a bright pigment used in textile dyeing and printing inks, produced by the combination of an organic colouring matter with an inorganic compound, usually a metallic salt, oxide, or hydroxide See also mordant 2. a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal Word origin C17: variant of lac1 Lake in British English a lake on the border between the US and Canada, in N Vermont and S Quebec. Length: about 43 km (27 miles). Width: up to 6 km (4 miles) See full dictionary entry for Memphremagog Lake in American English (leɪk) Simon1866-1945; U.S. engineer & naval architect lake in American English 1 (leɪk) noun 1. an inland body of usually fresh water, larger than a pool or pond, generally formed by some obstruction in the course of flowing water 2. a pool of oil or other liquid Word origin ME < OE lacu & OFr lac, both < L lacus, a basin, lake < IE base laku-, accumulation of water, pond, lake > loch, OE lagu, water, sea lake in American English 2 (leɪk) noun 1. a. a dark-red pigment prepared from cochineal b. its color 2. an insoluble coloring compound precipitated from a solution of a dye by adding a metallic salt, which acts as a mordant: used in applying dyes to cloth and in printing inks, paints, etc. Word origin Fr laque: see lac Lake in American English a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 mi. (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km) See full dictionary entry for Erie Image of lake © Johnny Adolphson, Shutterstock Examples of 'lake' in a sentence lake It likes large lakes in open country. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The village is home to a three-mile sand and shingle bar that divides the sea from a lake. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We have to fish in ponds, rivers and lakes that others won't. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This park is the perfect mix of country and seaside, set by trees, lakes and sea. The Sun (2017) There is a policy, backed by the government, of encouraging primary pupils in schools by the sea or lakes to learn to sail. Times, Sunday Times (2017) There is also a golf course and fishing lake. The Sun (2014) Mars once sported seas and lakes suitable for life. The Sun (2015) The weeping willow tree can often be spotted drooping into lakes and rivers. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This is a captive obsessive audience with the collective intelligence of a salt lake. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Not the rivers and lakes and oceans. Christianity Today (2000) The beach backs on to a lake and a salt marsh. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They brought a delicacy back to fly fishing on lakes that some of the new techniques had removed. Times, Sunday Times (2006) There is an impressive and delightful flower now to be seen at the edge of some lakes and quiet rivers. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Stop for lunch at a farm shop or bring a picnic to eat while enjoying views of the surrounding lakes and rivers. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Now swap the sea for a lake, and watch the picture change. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There are fishing lakes, tennis courts and pleasant walks along the prom. The Sun (2006) For the same reason a fountain or a small pond does not usually look right sheer against a background of sea or lake. Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994) The streams and lakes provide world-class fishing. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Fish from the river, sea and lakes. Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004) All offer something a little bit different and unique, from fishing lakes to scuba diving. The Sun (2009) There will be canoes waiting, so you have the chance to explore the beautiful fjords and lakes of the area. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A sacred lake in this area. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The next day I took one of the many boat tours through the famous lakes and sea. The Sun (2010) History A wood planted in the nineteenth century stands on what was once the shore of a large lake. Perring, Franklyn A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage (1991) The tour of the mine goes 150m underground to find chapels, lakes and superb salt carvings. Times, Sunday Times (2011) There was a salt lake just behind her house and I was always off exploring with my brother and my cousins. The Sun (2013) It is set in three acres, with a large lake on site, which could be stocked with carp. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In other languages lake British English: lake /leɪk/ NOUN A lake* is a large area of fresh water, surrounded by land. They went fishing in the lake. American English: lake Arabic: بُحَيْرَةٌ Brazilian Portuguese: lago Chinese: 湖 Croatian: jezero Czech: jezero Danish: sø Dutch: meer European Spanish: lago Finnish: järvi French: lac German: See Greek: λίμνη Italian: lago Japanese: 湖 Korean: 호수 Norwegian: innsjø Polish: jezioro European Portuguese: lago Romanian: lac Russian: озеро Latin American Spanish: lago Swedish: sjö Thai: ทะเลสาบ Turkish: göl Ukrainian: озеро Vietnamese: hồ nước All related terms of 'lake' Lake No a lake in South Sudan , where the Bahr el Jebel (White Nile ) is joined by the Bahr el Ghazal . Area: about 103 sq km (40 sq miles) Lake Amin → a former official name for (Lake) Edward 1 Lake Aral a lake in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan , east of the Caspian Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world: shallow and saline , now badly polluted ; use of its source waters for irrigation led to a loss of over 50% of its area between 1967 and 1997, after which the reduction began to be slowed . Area originally (to 1960) about 68 000 sq km (26 400 sq miles); water area reduced by 2004 to about 17 158 sq km (6625 sq miles) and the lake divided into sections Lake Biel a lake in NW Switzerland : remains of lake dwellings were discovered here in the 19th century. Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles) Lake Chad a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet . Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years Lake Erie a lake between the US and Canada : the southernmost and the shallowest of the Great Lakes; empties by the Niagara River into Lake Ontario . Area: 25 718 sq km (9930 sq miles) Lake Eyre a shallow salt lake or salt flat in NE central South Australia , about 11 m (35 ft) below sea level , divided into two areas (North and South); it usually contains little or no water. Maximum area: 9600 sq km (3700 sq miles) Lake Kivu a lake in central Africa, between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda at an altitude of 1460 m (4790 ft). Area: 2698 sq km (1042 sq miles). Depth : ( maximum ) 475 m (1558 ft) lake-like like a lake Lake Mead a reservoir in NW Arizona and SE Nevada , formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River: one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles) Lake Tana a lake in NW Ethiopia , on a plateau 1800 m (6000 ft) high: the largest lake of Ethiopia; source of the Blue Nile . Area: 3673 sq km (1418 sq miles) Lake Van a salt lake in E Turkey , at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers . Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles) lake view The view from a window or high place is everything which can be seen from that place, especially when it is considered to be beautiful. Lake Zug a lake in N central Switzerland , in Zug and Schwyz cantons . Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles) salt lake an inland lake of high salinity resulting from inland drainage in an arid area of high evaporation soda lake a salt lake that has a high content of sodium salts, esp chlorides and sulphates Swan Lake a ballet by Tchaikovsky , about a princess , Odette, who has been turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse ; Prince Siegfried falls in love with her and tries to save her, but he is outwitted by the magician , and the prince and princess kill themselves to escape the curse Cayuga Lake lake in WC N. Y ., one of the Finger Lakes: 38 mi (61 km) long crater lake a body of water occupying a roughly circular , steep-sided volcanic crater or caldera Gatún Lake a lake in Panama , part of the Panama Canal : formed in 1912 on the completion of the Gat ún Dam across the Chagres River. Area: 424 sq km (164 sq miles) Ijssel Lake a shallow lake in the NW Netherlands ; formed from the S part of the Zuider Zee by the construction of the IJsselmeer Dam in 1932; salt water gradually replaced by fresh water from the IJssel River; fisheries (formerly marine fish, now esp eels ). Area: (before reclamation ) 3690 sq km (1425 sq miles). Estimated final area: 1243 sq km (480 sq miles) Lake Albert a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley , 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile , fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles) Lake Annecy a lake in E France , in the Alps Lake Baikal a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia : the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth : over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles) Lake Edward a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Great Rift Valley : empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert . Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles) lake-effect caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake Lake Frome a shallow salt lake in NE South Australia : intermittently filled with water. Length: 100 km (60 miles). Width : 48 km (30 miles) Lake Garda a lake in N Italy : the largest lake in the country . Area: 370 sq km (143 sq miles) Lake Geneva a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles) Lake Huron a lake in North America , between the US and Canada : the second largest of the Great Lakes. Area: 59 570 sq km (23 000 sq miles) Lake Ilmen a lake in NW Russia , in the Novgorod Region: drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga . Area: between 780 sq km (300 sq miles) and 2200 sq km (850 sq miles), according to the season Lake Kariba a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border Lake Ladoga a lake in NW Russia , in the SW Karelian Republic: the largest lake in Europe; drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland . Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles) Lake Mälar a lake in S Sweden , extending 121 km (75 miles) west from Stockholm , where it joins with an inlet of the Baltic Sea (the Saltsjön ). Area: 1140 sq km (440 sq miles) Lake Malawi → the Malawi name for (Lake) Nyasa Lake Nyasa a lake in central Africa at the S end of the Great Rift Valley : the third largest lake in Africa, drained by the Shire River into the Zambezi . Area: about 28 500 sq km (11 000 sq miles) Lake Poets the English poets Wordsworth , Coleridge , and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century Lake Poopó a lake in SW Bolivia , at an altitude of 3688 m (12 100 ft): fed by the Desaguadero River. Area: 2540 sq km (980 sq miles) Lake Pskov the S part of Lake Peipus in NW Russia , linked to the main part by a channel 24 km (15 miles) long. Area: about 1000 sq km (400 sq miles) Lake Rudolf the former name (until 1979) of ( Lake ) Turkana Lake Sevan a lake in Armenia at an altitude of 1914 m (6279 ft). Area: 1417 sq km (547 sq miles) Lake Tahoe a lake between E California and W Nevada , in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an altitude of 1899 m (6229 ft). Area: about 520 sq km (200 sq miles) Lake Taupo a lake in New Zealand , on central North Island : the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles) lake trout a yellow-spotted char , Salvelinus namaycush , of the Great Lakes region of Canada and the US Lake Tsana a lake in NW Ethiopia , on a plateau 1800 m (6000 ft) high: the largest lake of Ethiopia; source of the Blue Nile . Area: 3673 sq km (1418 sq miles) Lake Urmia a shallow lake in NW Iran , at an altitude of 1300 m (4250 ft): the largest lake in Iran, varying in area from 4000–6000 sq km (1500–2300 sq miles) between autumn and spring Lake Vänern a lake in SW Sweden : the largest lake in Sweden and W Europe ; drains into the Kattegat . Area: 5585 sq km (2156 sq miles) Lake Volta an artificial lake in Ghana , extending 408 km (250 miles) upstream from the Volta River Dam on the Volta River: completed in 1966. Area: 8482 sq km (3275 sq miles) Lake Zürich a lake in N Switzerland , mostly in Z ürich canton . Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles) Oneida Lake lake near Syracuse , N. Y .: part of the New York State Canal System: c. 80 sq mi (207 sq km) Chinese translation of 'lake' lake (leɪk) n (c) 湖 (hú) (个(個), gè) the wine/milk lake 欧盟储备的多余葡萄酒/牛奶 Seel (noun) in the sense of pond Definition a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal They can go fishing in the lake. Synonyms pond youths skating on the frozen village pond pool Beautiful gardens filled with pools and fountains. reservoir Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir. loch (Scottish) twenty miles north of Loch Ness lagoon blue sky, blue lagoon and white breakers mere lough (Irish) tarn related words related adjective lacustrine subject word lists See Lakes, lochs, and loughs Additional synonyms in the sense of lagoon Definition a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars blue sky, blue lagoon and white breakers Synonyms pool, bay, lake, pond, shallows in the sense of loch Definition a long narrow arm of the sea twenty miles north of Loch Ness Synonyms place, lake in the sense of pool Definition a small body of still water Beautiful gardens filled with pools and fountains. Synonyms pond, lake, mere, tarn Synonyms of 'lake' lake Explore 'lake' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of reservoir Definition a natural or artificial lake for storing water for community use Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir. Synonyms lake, pond, basin
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