- 1nB1/ˈwɒːtərfɒːl/ · /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/瀑布
A place where the water in a river or stream comes to the edge of a cliff or a big rock and falls straight down.
示範例句 · Example
You can hear the waterfall from the car park, long before you see it.
逐字你可以從停車場聽見那座瀑布，遠在你看見它之前。
waterfall 可以想成 water（水）＋ fall（落下）疊在一起：河或小溪流到懸崖、大岩石的邊緣，水就這樣直直掉下去。要注意英文講的是「那個地方」，不只是那道水，所以會說 go to a waterfall（去瀑布那裡）、a waterfall on the river（那條河上的一段瀑布）。它是可數的：一座說 a waterfall，好幾座說 waterfalls。跟 fountain（噴泉）容易搞混——fountain 是人做的、水往上噴，waterfall 是河自己往下落。
常見搭配
see a waterfall
看瀑布
to go and look at a waterfall
She could see waterfalls on the mountainside and a lake in the distance.
a spectacular waterfall
壯觀的瀑布
a waterfall that is very big and impressive to look at
The bus stopped so we could photograph a spectacular waterfall below the road.
the foot of a waterfall
瀑布底下
the ground and water at the very bottom of a waterfall
There is a cool green pool at the foot of the waterfall.
a waterfall tumbles / cascades down
瀑布飛瀉而下
the water of a waterfall falls quickly down over rocks
A thin waterfall tumbles down the grey rock all through the rainy season.
the sound of a waterfall
瀑布的水聲
the noise that falling water makes
Ren fell asleep to the sound of a waterfall outside the window.
a waterfall on a river
某條河上的瀑布
a waterfall that is one part of a particular river
There are three small waterfalls on this river before it reaches the sea.
core核心畫面
A river runs along flat ground, then the ground under it simply stops — a cliff edge — and the water keeps going, dropping straight down through the air in a white sheet, with noise and spray at the bottom. The word is just its two parts put together: water + fall.
原始詞典資料19 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Waterfallname
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waterfallnoun/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/
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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
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A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
- A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
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A chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.
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slangThe action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel.
- Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?
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datedA necktie.
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datedA chignon (hairstyle).
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datedA beard.
- I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]
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gymnasticshobbieslifestyleA kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
waterfallverb/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/
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To fall like a waterfall.
- Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face.
- Zondra, whose dirty-blond hair waterfalled above her head from a colorful tie, gave a snorting, horsey kind of laugh.
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To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
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Synonym of recycle.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- waterfall model
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