Word · Frequency #12181
puddle
形成水洼；积成小水坑
to form a puddle or small pool of water
- 1.
To form a puddle.
形成水坑。
- 2.
To play or splash in a puddle.
在水坑里玩耍或溅水。
- 3.
Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
(蝴蝶)聚集在水坑或潮湿物质上吸取养分。
- 4.
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
通过搅炼法处理铁、黄金等。
- 5.
To line a canal with puddle (clay).
用黏土(密封材料)衬砌运河。
- 6.
To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
将想法(尤其是抽象概念)初步归纳为粗略的子主题或类别,如在研究、学习或交谈中。
- 7.
To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
将(黏土、壤土等)湿润后加工使其密实,以做到不透水。
- 8.
To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).
使变脏或浑浊；用污物污染；将泥土混入(水)中。
在水坑里玩；踩水坑；弄脏；搅浑；使沾满泥污；（蝴蝶）聚集在水边或湿地上吸水补充养分；把想法粗略归类；将抽象概念大致分类；捣实（黏土、壤土等）使其密实防水
In use
The potter puddled the clay to remove air bubbles.
After the rain, the children puddled in the muddy yard.
The workers puddled the iron ore in the furnace.
something puddles (somewhere)
主语通常是液体，表示液体聚积成小水坑。
Rainwater puddled in the hollows of the driveway.
雨水在车道的凹陷处积成了水洼。
puddle in + noun
主语一般为孩子或动物，指在水坑里嬉戏、溅水。
The kids were puddling in the yard after the storm.
孩子们在暴风雨后的院子里踩水玩。
puddle on + noun
用于描述蝴蝶等昆虫在潮湿处聚集，吸取矿物质或养分。
Monarchs often puddle on muddy riverbanks.
Connections
Collocations
- water puddles
- 水积成小水坑
- Water puddled around the drain after the downpour.倾盆大雨后，水在排水管周围积成了小水坑。
- butterflies puddle
- 蝴蝶群聚吸水
- In summer, butterflies puddle on muddy trails to drink minerals.夏天，蝴蝶会群聚在泥泞的小路上吸食矿物质。
- puddle iron
- 搅炼铁
- Workers puddled iron in the mill.工人们在工厂里搅炼铁。
- puddle a canal
- 用黏土密封运河
- They puddled the canal with clay to make it watertight.他们用黏土封住运河以防渗漏。
Synonyms
- pool
- （液体）积聚成水坑 · 与 puddle 最接近，常指雨水等自然汇集；pool 更中性、更常用，puddle 更口语化。.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：puddle 音近“啪嗒”，踩进水洼会发出啪嗒声，因此记住它作动词时指“形成水洼、踩水玩”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：after rain on streets、water pooling on flat ground 作动词表示“形成水洼”时，语域比较中性，通常用于描述雨水或液体在地面低洼处积聚，多出现在天气或环境描写中。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时意为搅浊、搅炼；作不及物动词时意为在泥污中打滚，常接介词in
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 puddle /ˈpʌdəl/ 同韵的词有 muddle、cuddle、huddle，重读音节元音和后面的 /dəl/ 一致，拼写都以 -uddle 结尾。注意 paddle /ˈpædəl/、peddle /ˈpɛdəl/、poodle /ˈpuːdəl/ 拼写相似，但元音不同，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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