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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。
形成水洼；积成小水坑
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形成水洼；积成小水坑
to form a puddle or small pool of water
Rainwater puddled in the hollows of the driveway.
雨水在车道的凹陷处积成了水洼。
形成水坑。
To form a puddle.
在水坑里玩耍或溅水。
To play or splash in a puddle.
(蝴蝶)聚集在水坑或潮湿物质上吸取养分。
Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
通过搅炼法处理铁、黄金等。
To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
puddle
Base
原形
puddles
3rd person
第三人称单数
puddling
-ing
现在分词
puddled
Past
过去式
puddled
Past participle
过去分词
She puddles the clay every morning.
她每天早上搅炼黏土。
He puddled the mixture yesterday.
昨天他搅混了混合物。
They are puddling the sand.
他们正在搅拌沙子。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The potter puddled the clay to remove air bubbles.
陶工搅炼黏土以去除气泡。
After the rain, the children puddled in the muddy yard.
雨后，孩子们在泥泞的院子里打滚。
The workers puddled the iron ore in the furnace.
工人们在熔炉中搅炼铁矿石。
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。
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。
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.
黑脉金斑蝶常在泥泞的河岸上聚吸养分。
指将泥水等混入水体，使其变脏或变浑浊。
The runoff puddled the drinking water with silt.
径流把泥沙混入饮用水，使之浑浊。
Not this
Yesterday, the children puddle in the rain.
Use this
Yesterday, the children puddled in the rain.
汉语动词没有过去时变化，学习者常漏掉规则动词的 -ed。puddle 是规则动词，过去式必须用 puddled，才能表达“昨天”这个过去时间。
Not this
The kids are excited about puddle in the park.
Use this
The kids are excited about puddling in the park.
介词 about 后面不能接动词原形，必须用动名词 -ing 形式。汉语没有这种屈折变化，所以容易误用原形；这里应说 puddling。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
搅炼铁
Workers puddled iron in the mill.
工人们在工厂里搅炼铁。
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。
Use puddle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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”。
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。
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
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