a/an + adj + lake
描述湖时常用形容词修饰。
We visited a picturesque lake.
我们游览了一个风景如画的湖。
湖；湖泊
lakes — plural of lake
大量液体；一大片液体；色淀；色淀颜料；紫红色颜料；透明有机颜料
a large body of water surrounded by land
A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermilion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
湖泊
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
A large amount of liquid.
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
紫红色颜料
a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
透明有机颜料
any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments
We went swimming in the lake last summer.
去年夏天我们在湖里游泳了。
用法提示：这里'湖'作为名词，指被陆地包围的水体。
The lake is frozen over in winter, so people go ice skating.
冬天湖面结冰，所以人们去滑冰。
用法提示：名词'湖'表示一个自然水体。
There is a small lake behind the mountain that few people know about.
山后有一个很少有人知道的小湖。
用法提示：名词'湖'用于描述一个具体的地理特征。
描述湖时常用形容词修饰。
We visited a picturesque lake.
我们游览了一个风景如画的湖。
表示在湖边。
They built a house by the lake.
他们在湖边建了一栋房子。
表示在湖水中。
Children were swimming in the lake.
孩子们在湖里游泳。
湖名通常不加冠词，Lake在前。
Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes.
苏必利尔湖是五大湖中最大的。
grammar · medium
易错句子I go to lake every weekend.
正确表达I go to the lake every weekend.
中文常省略冠词，但英语中可数名词单数需加冠词。'lake' 是可数名词，根据语境需加 'a' 或 'the'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He swims on the lake.
正确表达He swims in the lake.
在湖中游泳用 'in' 而非 'on'，因为人在水中；'on' 用于表面或船上。
grammar · medium
易错句子The lake flows through the valley.
正确表达The river flows through the valley.
湖是静止水域，不流动；流动的应为 'river'（河流）。中文里 '湖' 和 '河' 不同，但学习者易混淆。
清澈见底的湖泊
We swam in the crystal-clear lake.
我们在清澈见底的湖里游泳。
湖岸
They took a walk along the lake shore.
他们沿着湖岸散步。
湖景
The hotel room has a beautiful lake view.
酒店房间可以看到美丽的湖景。
湖水
The lake water is very cold in winter.
冬天湖水很冷。
人工湖
The city built an artificial lake for recreation.
这座城市建了一个人工湖供娱乐。
结冰的湖
Children were skating on the frozen lake.
孩子们在结冰的湖上滑冰。
去跳湖（表示厌烦，让人走开）
He was annoying me, so I told him to go jump in a lake.
他很烦人，所以我叫他去跳湖。
火湖（地狱）
The preacher warned about the lake of fire.
传道人警告有关火湖的事。
泪湖（形容泪流成河）
After the breakup, she cried a lake of tears.
分手后，她泪流成河。
坏人死后去哪里？/ 他们去火湖。
The song 'Lake of Fire' by Meat Puppets, famously covered by Nirvana, uses this line to describe hell.
Meat Puppets的歌曲《Lake of Fire》——涅槃乐队曾翻唱——用这句歌词描述地狱。
我会在湖畔小屋等你。
From the 2006 romantic film 'The Lake House', where the main characters communicate across time through a mailbox at a lake house.
出自2006年浪漫电影《湖边小屋》，主角们通过湖畔小屋的信箱跨越时空交流。
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