Word · Frequency #12221
catchment
集水区；流域
核心释义
a structure or natural area where water is collected, especially a drainage area
- 1.
任何收集和保持水分的结构或地形；此类水的收集。
Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
- 2.
集水区,或其服务的居民。
A catchment area, or the people it serves.
任何收集和保持水分的结构或地形；此类水的收集。；集水区,或其服务的居民。；排水区；集水；流域
用法In use
The river's catchment covers more than two thousand square kilometres.
用法提示：此句中 catchment 作名词，指河流的集水区域（流域），作句子的主语。
The village lies within the river's catchment.
用法提示：此句中 catchment 作名词，指河流的集水区，位于介词 within 之后。
They monitor the quality of water in the catchment every month.
用法提示：此句中 catchment 作名词，指集水区域，作介词 in 的宾语。
the catchment of [place]
The catchment of the river supplies water to several villages.
这条河的流域为几个村庄供水。
a catchment area
catchment 常与 area 搭配，表示天然的集水或排水区域；其复数形式是 catchments。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- catchment area
- 汇水区；流域
- The catchment area supplies water to the entire reservoir.汇水区为整个水库供水。
- water catchment
- 水源汇集区
- Protecting the water catchment is vital for the city's drinking supply.保护水源汇集区对城市的饮用水供应至关重要。
- catchment basin
- 流域盆地；集水盆地
- The river's catchment basin covers several counties.这条河的流域盆地覆盖几个县。
- river catchment
- 河流流域
- Pollution in the river catchment affects farms downstream.河流流域的污染影响下游的农场。
- catchment management
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
catch（接住）+ ment（名词后缀）：catchment 就是“接住”雨水的地方——集水区、流域。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：hydrology、water-resource planning catchment 多用于水文、地理或水资源规划等专业领域，属于正式、书面用语；日常口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
True rhymes for catchment are rare; catch, latch, hatch, and patch share the stressed /ætʃ/ sound of the first syllable (but not the full /mənt/ ending). Kitchen is a spelling lookalike with a different vowel /ɪ/, and basement shares only the unstressed -ment suffix /mənt/, so neither rhymes.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.