waterway

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
    — As hundreds of volunteers and police scoured parks and waterways in an area of New Orleans Tuesday, there were many questions but few answers about the disappearance 11 days ago of a 26-year-old teacher.
  2. A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.

词形变化

waterways plural

词汇关系

相关词
waterland

词源

From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, equivalent to water + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).
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