Word · Frequency #12181
puddles
水洼；水坑
puddles is the plural of puddle.
A small, often shallow pool of liquid, especially rainwater, on the ground.
- 1.
A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
通常位于小路或道路上的小而常为临时性的水洼。
- 2.
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
湿黏土和沙子的混合物,可用于衬砌池塘,干燥时不透水。
- 3.
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
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。
- 4.
a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
一小滩静止的水(雨水)或其他液体。
- 5.
The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
船桨从水中抽出时留下的涟漪。
- 6.
something resembling a pool of liquid
类似液体池的东西。
（液体般的）一小片；光斑；黏土泥浆；桨涡；划桨留下的漩涡；通常位于小路或道路上的小而常为临时性的水洼。；湿黏土和沙子的混合物,可用于衬砌池塘,干燥时不透水。
In use
After the rain, there was a large puddle in the middle of the road.
The children were splashing in a shallow puddle with their boots on.
Be careful not to step in that muddy puddle; it's deeper than it looks.
there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
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。
step in a puddle
step in 是常见搭配，表示“踩进水坑/水洼”。
Connections
Collocations
- puddle of water
- 一滩水
- After the rain, a puddle of water formed outside the door.雨后，门外形成了一滩水。
- muddy puddle
- 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。
- jump over a puddle
- 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。
- step in a puddle
- 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。
- puddle on the road
- 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。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
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
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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