freshwater

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A body of fresh water. countable
    — Fossils with low Sr/Ca ratios indicating origin in a freshwater of a type which has a low Sr/Ca ratio: […]
  2. Alternative form of fresh water. alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
    — Schematic diagram of the viscosity effect during the injection of freshwater.
形容词 adj.
  1. Living in fresh water. not-comparable
    — The trout is a freshwater fish.
  2. Consisting of fresh water. not-comparable
    — Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume.
  3. Unskilled as a seaman. not-comparable
    — “Mate,” said the captain in a low voice, “you talk like a fresh-water sailor. I can only attribute this shyness to some strange delusion, for surely,”—his voice assumed a slightly sneering tone as he said this—“surely I am not to suppose that you have become soft-hearted! […]
  4. Neoclassical, in reference to the macroeconomics and economic departments near the Great Lakes. US,not-comparable
    — 2012, John Quiggin, Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us, Princeton University Press (expanded paperback ed., 1st ed. from 2010), →ISBN, page 86. Meanwhile, the freshwater side of the dispute rapidly reverted to arguments from the nineteenth century, which had been debunked by Keynes and Irving Fisher.

词形变化

freshwaters plural

词汇关系

上位词
aquatic
下位词
lentic lotic wetland
衍生词
freshwater crayfish freshwater drum freshwater hydra freshwater pearl mussel freshwater shark freshwater soldier North American freshwater catfish The Freshwater

词源

词源 1
From Middle English freche watur, fresshe water; equivalent to fresh + water.
词源 2
From Middle English freche watur, fresshe water; equivalent to fresh + water.
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