Basin

(noun.) a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; 'she mixed the dough in a large basin'.

(noun.) a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; 'the basin of the Great Salt Lake'.

(noun.) the quantity that a basin will hold; 'a basinful of water'.

录入:昆西

• Anselmo came out of the mouth of the cave with a deep stone basin full of red wine and with his fingers through the handles of three cups. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• In about an hour they returned and reported deep water through the passage as well as far into the little basin. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Back I went to my hotel, put my head in a basin of cold water, and tried to think it out. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Though at first confined to a length of 800 feet, the slide extended to include the entire basin south of Gold Hill, or a length of about 3,000 feet. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Here he was taken off his legs, and in swimming was carried round into the centre of the basin, where he perceived Wildeve struggling. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The major spoke to an orderly who went out of sight in the back and came back with a metal basin of cold cooked macaroni. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• They are generally sunk in valley plains and districts where the formation of the ground is such that that below the surface is bent into basin-shaped curves. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They had no knowledge of geography beyond the range of the Mediterranean basin and the frontiers of Persia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A more pronounced illustration is to wet the hands in a basin of water, and then plunge them in the blast of hot, dry air coming from a furnace register. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• And she ran upstairs to the plate-closet, and presently brought down teapot, cream-ewer, and sugar-basin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The ball is set in a basin of mercury, where it floats. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• As she spoke, she drained the basin into the ashes of the fire, and broke the bottle on the hearth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• I took off my tunic and shirt and washed in the cold water in the basin. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Aymo had a basin of spaghetti with onions and tinned meat chopped up in it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• All fresh water basins, taken together, make a small area compared with that of the sea or of the land. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• These fishes are reared by the Chinese in small ponds, in basins or porcelain vessels, and kept for ornament. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I looked at the board tables, the instruments shining in the light, the basins and the stoppered bottles. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Ringwood) passes reeling by, holding six basins. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The waters of the Mediterranean and of our own Great Salt Lake are led into shallow basins, where, after evaporation by the heat of the sun, they leave a residue of salt. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• All these limestone upper basins must be full of caves, he thought. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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