rainwater

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rainfall. uncountable,usually
    — In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay.
  2. Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea. uncountable,usually
    — Constructed of hard flint stone, which came as ballast from England and is now painted coral white, the house has a fishpond, or catchment, roof, dating from 1788, to collect rainwater.

词形变化

rainwaters plural rain water alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
rainwater goods

词源

From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten.
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