watershed
UKwɔːtəʃt
US'wɔtə'ʃed
معنی فارسی
مقسم آب ميراب آبريز
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-shed´/n.
● (جغرافی) آب پخشان
● جلگهی رودخانه، آبگیر رودخانه
● (مجازی) نقطهی عطف، زمان یا عمل سرنوشتساز
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Derived from the Old English words 'water' and 'scead' meaning 'divide'.
مثال
- The river forms the watershed between the two countries.
- The election of 2008 was a political watershed.
- The watershed moment in her life was when she moved to New York.
ترکیبهای رایج
Political watershed Watershed moment Watershed protection
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
- the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet “flood control in the Missouri basin”
- an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend “the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations”