lake
noun[C]
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alargeareaofwatersurroundedbylandand notconnectedto theseaexcept byriversorstreams:
湖,湖泊We used to goboatingon that lake.我们过去常去那个湖里划船。
Lake Windermere温德米尔湖
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milk, oil, wine, etc. lakedisapproving
anamountof aliquidproducedthat is more than isneeded, so that it has to bestoredorwasted:
(因过量生产而出现的)奶/油/酒(等等)Overproductioncausedbuttermountainsandwinelakes.生产过剩导致黄油堆积如山、葡萄酒汇流成河。
- Shedivedinto the stillwaterof the lake.
- Thehotelis in alovelylocationoverlookingthe lake.
- Theseplantsarefoundinfreshwaterlakes andrivers.
- The lakesparkledin thebright/brilliantsunlight.
- Thebodyof themissingwoman wasrecoveredfrom a lake near herhome.
Inland waters
- body
- catchment area
- crater lake
- fiord
- fjord
- L, l
- Lake Baikal
- loch
- lough
- millpond
- oasis
- oxbow lake
- pool
- reservoir
- ribbon lake
- slop
- stretch
- tank
- tarn
- the Great Lakes
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