waterfall

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/|/ˈwoːtəfoːl/    美 /ˈwoːtəfoːl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
    — Hello, my love, I heard a kiss from you / Red magic satin playing near too / All through the morning rain I gaze, the sun doesn't shine / Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind
  2. A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc. figuratively
    — A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
  3. Short for waterfall model abbreviation,alt-of
    — A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
  4. The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel. US,slang
    — Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?
  5. A necktie. colloquial,dated
  6. A chignon (hairstyle). colloquial,dated
  7. A beard. colloquial,dated
    — I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]
  8. A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
动词 v.
  1. To fall like a waterfall. intransitive
    — Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face.
  2. To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim. transitive
  3. Synonym of recycle.

词形变化

waterfalls plural waterfalls present,singular,third-person waterfalling participle,present waterfalled participle,past waterfalled past

词汇关系

衍生词
coastal waterfall waterfall bong waterfall effect waterfall illusion waterfall layout waterfall method waterfall model waterfall plot waterfall skirt waterfall stomach waterfalled waterfalling
相关词
cloudfall icefall smokefall forcefall

词源

词源 1
From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).
词源 2
From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).
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