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waterwheel + [intransitive verb]
The waterwheel turned slowly in the stream.
水车在溪流中缓缓转动。
水车；水轮
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
水车；水轮
a wheel with buckets on its rim, used to raise water from a stream or pond
The waterwheel turned slowly in the stream.
水车在溪流中缓缓转动。
边缘附有水桶的轮子；用于从溪流或池塘中提水
a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond
通过水的直接作用旋转的轮子；一种简单的涡轮机
a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine
The old waterwheel still turns slowly beside the mill.
那架旧水车仍在磨坊旁缓缓转动。
Farmers once used waterwheels to lift water from the river into their fields.
农民们曾经用水车把河水提升到田里。
We watched the waterwheel scoop up water and pour it into the trough.
我们看着水轮舀起水，倒进水槽里。
The waterwheel turned slowly in the stream.
水车在溪流中缓缓转动。
该词可指带动机械的水轮，也可指灌溉用的水车，具体意思要看上下文。
They built a waterwheel for raising water from the pond.
他们造了一架水车，用来把池塘里的水提上来。
The waterwheel raises water from the stream.
水车将水从溪流中提起。
Not this
They built waterwheel beside the stream to lift water.
Use this
They built a waterwheel beside the stream to lift water.
waterwheel 是可数名词，单数前需要加冠词；中文没有冠词，容易漏掉 a，所以要补上不定冠词 a。
Not this
The waterwheel rotate quickly when the stream is fast.
Use this
The waterwheel rotates quickly when the stream is fast.
主语 waterwheel 是第三人称单数，一般现在时动词要加 -s；中文动词没有词形变化，因此学习者常漏掉 rotates 的 s。
Not this
They used a waterwheel to grind grain into flour.
Use this
They used a watermill to grind grain into flour.
waterwheel 是“水轮/水车”，用来提水；watermill 是“水磨坊”，才用来磨粉。中文“水车”兼指二者，要按动作选择恰当的名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
上射式水轮
An overshot waterwheel works best when the water supply comes from above.
当水源来自上方时，上射式水轮效果最好。
下射式水轮
The undershot waterwheel relies on the river current to turn it.
下射式水轮依靠河流的水流来转动。
水轮泵
The village uses a waterwheel pump to lift water to the fields.
村里用水轮泵把水提升到田里。
木制水轮
A wooden waterwheel still turns beside the old mill.
一个木制水轮仍在旧磨坊旁转动。
Use waterwheel naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象水车：water（水）推动wheel（轮）转动，合在一起就是水车/水轮。
语域：neutral 常见场景：农业灌溉、水力利用、历史介绍 该词为中性用词，不特别正式或随意，多用于指称传统的水力或人力提水装置，比较常见于历史、农业或机械类介绍中。
feel、heel、kneel、peel、reel、steel 都与 waterwheel 的结尾押韵：都以 /iːl/ 结尾，并共享拼写 ‑eel。注意：white /waɪt/、while /waɪl/、waterfall /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ 等形近词读音不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.