| 单词 | watershed |
| 释义 | watershed /waw"teuhr shed', wot"euhr-/, n. 1. Chiefly Brit. the ridge or crest line dividing two drainage areas; water parting; divide. 2. the region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.; drainage area. 3. Archit. wash (def. 48). 4. an important point of division or transition between two phases, conditions, etc.: The treaty to ban war in space may prove to be one of history's great watersheds. adj. 5. constituting a watershed: a watershed area; a watershed case. [1795-1805; WATER + SHED2] |
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