headwaters 英 ['hedwɔːtəz]   美 ['hɛdwɔtɚz]

headwaters

headwaters  英 ['hedwɔːtəz] 美 ['hɛdwɔtɚz]

n. 河源上游,源头 

名词复数:headwaterss 

But at night, when he listens to hisradio before casting his nets, news of the Nile's future is all angerand recriminations, stretching from its most remote headwaters in Burundi all the way to Egypt. 但是在夜晚撒网之前,他会听广播,关于尼罗河未来的新闻充满了愤怒和相互指责,这种情绪从遥远的源头布隆迪,一路蔓延到埃及。

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  • n. 河源上游,源头
  • 1. But at night, when he listens to hisradio before casting his nets, news of the Nile's future is all angerand recriminations, stretching from its most remote headwaters in Burundi all the way to Egypt.

    但是在夜晚撒网之前,他会听广播,关于尼罗河未来的新闻充满了愤怒和相互指责,这种情绪从遥远的源头布隆迪,一路蔓延到埃及。

  • headwaters (n.) attested 1530s, then not again until 1792 (in descriptions of Kentucky), so possibly the modern word is a re-formation; see head (n.) "origin of a river" + water (n.1).
head·waters / ˈhedwɔːtəz ; NAmE ˈhedwɔːtərz / noun [plural ] streams forming the source of a river 河源;上游 head·waters / ˈhedwɔːtəz ; NAmE ˈhedwɔːtərz /
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