basin

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ba·sin /ˈbeɪsən/ noun [countableC]

1 British EnglishBrEDHH a round container attached to the wall in a bathroom, where you wash your hands and face 〔装在盥洗室墙上的〕洗脸盆 SYN sink

a wash basin

洗脸盆

2 DFUa large bowl-shaped container for liquids or food 盆；大碗

Fill the basin with the cake mixture.

在盆里装入蛋糕拌料。

3 (also basinful /ˈbeɪsənfʊl/)TMAMOUNT the amount of liquid that a basin can contain 一盆[一碗]之量

a basin of hot water

一盆热水

4 SGan area of land that is lower at the centre than at the edges, especially one from which water runs down into a river 流域；低洼地

the Amazon basin

亚马孙河流域

5 a place where the Earth’s surface is lower than in other areas 〔地表的〕凹地；盆地；海盆

the Pacific Basin

太平洋海盆

Examples from the Corpus

basin• the Amazon Basin• The Amazon basin breeds great passions such as Roberto's.• Kolymba is believed to be a Minoan dock basin, and it may be that Minoan ships were built and repaired here.• The results from the model can be used to answer questions relating to the long-term behaviour of the river basin.• It was a naturally sheltered basin, a trick of the undulating meadows along the Comer.• Arabella's toothbrush was still in the mug above the basin.• Water splashed in the basin of the fountain.• Turn the pudding into the basin.

Origin basin

(1200-1300) Old French bacin, from Late Latin bacchinon

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