puddle

puddle
noun
  1. a small pool of liquid, especially of rainwater on the ground
    （尤指雨水积成的）水坑，泥潭
    splashing through deep puddles.
    淌水走过深水坑。
    a little puddle of light.
    一片亮光。
  2. [mass noun]clay and sand mixed with water and used as a watertight covering for embankments
    胶土（用黏土、沙和水而成，用来助堤坝防水）
  3. (Rowing)a circular patch of disturbed water made by the blade of an oar at each stroke
    (划船)（划桨激起的）漩涡
verb
[with obj.]
  1. wet or cover (a surface) with water, especially rainwater
    （尤指雨水）弄湿；覆盖
    the cobbles under our feet were wet and puddled.
    我们脚底下的鹅卵石湿漉漉的。
    ■[no obj.](of liquid) form a small pool
    （液体）形成水潭
    rivulets of water coursed down the panes, puddling on the sill.
    水顺着窗框流下，窗台上积了一摊水。
    ■[no obj.](archaic)dabble or wallow in mud or shallow water
    (古)（在泥潭、浅水滩）打滚
    children are playing and puddling about in the dirt.
    孩子们嬉戏着，在泥潭中滚作一团。
    ■[no obj.](puddle about/around)(informal)occupy oneself in a disorganized or unproductive way
    (非正式)瞎忙
    the Internet is just the latest excuse for puddling around at work.
    互联网是工作中瞎忙的最新借口。
  2. line (a hole) with puddle
    用胶土填（洞）
    ■knead (clay and sand) into puddle
    把（黏土和沙）捣成胶土
    ■work (mixed water and clay) to separate gold or opal
    处理（混合的水和黏土）将金（或蛋白石）分离
    ■[usu. as noun puddling](chiefly historical)stir (molten iron) with iron oxide in a furnace, to produce wrought iron by oxidizing carbon
    (主史)搅炼（熔化的铁水）
派生
puddler
noun
puddly
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English: diminutive of Old English pudd 'ditch, furrow'; compare with German dialect Pfudel 'pool'
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