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a puddle of [liquid]
a puddle of 后接液体名词，指地面上积存的一小滩液体，常用单数。
The children jumped over a puddle of rainwater on the path.
孩子们跳过了小路上的一滩雨水。
水洼；水坑
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
水洼；水坑
A small, often shallow pool of liquid, especially rainwater, on the ground.
The children jumped over a puddle of rainwater on the path.
孩子们跳过了小路上的一滩雨水。
通常位于小路或道路上的小而常为临时性的水洼。
A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
湿黏土和沙子的混合物,可用于衬砌池塘,干燥时不透水。
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
黏土、水,有时加沙砾的均匀混合物,用于衬砌沟渠或池塘以防渗水。
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
一小滩静止的水(雨水)或其他液体。
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
After the rain, there was a large puddle in the middle of the road.
雨后，路中间有一个大水坑。
AI contextual example
The children were splashing in a shallow puddle with their boots on.
孩子们穿着靴子在一个浅水坑里嬉水。
AI contextual example
Be careful not to step in that muddy puddle; it's deeper than it looks.
小心别踩到那个泥水坑，它比看起来深。
AI contextual example
there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
雨后路上有泥水坑。
WordNet
a puddle of 后接液体名词，指地面上积存的一小滩液体，常用单数。
The children jumped over a puddle of rainwater on the path.
孩子们跳过了小路上的一滩雨水。
step in 是常见搭配，表示“踩进水坑/水洼”。
He stepped in a puddle and splashed water everywhere.
他踩进水坑，水花四溅。
puddle 作主语时，常用动词 form 表示“形成、出现”。
Puddles formed on the muddy track after the rain.
雨后，泥泞的小路上形成了水洼。
Not this
After the rain, there is puddle on the path.
Use this
After the rain, there is a puddle on the path.
puddle 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 a。加上 a 表示“一个水洼”，句子才符合英语语法。
Not this
There are many puddle on the road after the storm.
Use this
There are many puddles on the road after the storm.
puddle 是可数名词，many 后接复数名词，所以要把 puddle 变为 puddles；汉语的“水坑”没有复数变化，导致学习者漏掉 -s。
Not this
The child jumped on the puddle and got his shoes wet.
Use this
The child jumped into the puddle and got his shoes wet.
表示“跳进水里”时要用 into/in，而 on 表示“在……上面”，语义不当；这里要表达“跳进水洼里”，所以改成 into。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一滩水
After the rain, a puddle of water formed outside the door.
雨后，门外形成了一滩水。
泥泞的水坑
The children splashed through the muddy puddle.
孩子们踩着泥泞的水坑溅水玩。
跳过水坑
She jumped over a puddle to keep her shoes dry.
为了不让鞋子弄湿，她跳过了水坑。
踩进水坑
He accidentally stepped in a puddle and got his socks wet.
他不小心踩进水坑，袜子都湿了。
路上的水洼
There was a large puddle on the road after the storm.
暴风雨过后，路上有一个大水洼。
Use puddle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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雨后路面上的小水洼，踩上去会“啪嗒”一声——由“啪嗒”的“啪”联想puddle以p开头，记住它是路面上一小滩水。
语域：neutral 常见场景：雨后户外地面、日常闲聊、儿童在路边玩耍 该词为中性常用词，通常用于日常口语和书面描述，指雨后或洒水后地面形成的小水坑；技术语境中也可指防渗黏土，但普通学习者比较常见于日常用法。
真正的同韵词包括 cuddle、muddle、huddle，它们的重读元音和后面的辅音都与 puddle 相同。注意拼写相似的 paddle、piddle 虽然都以 -dle 结尾，但元音不同，并不押韵。
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