lake
lake 英 [leɪk] 美 [lek]
n. 湖
名词复数:lakes
- A lake is a large body of water that is surrounded by land. The lake's water can be fresh (like Lake Michigan) or, more rarely, salty (like the Great Salt Lake). A lake is generally accepted as being bigger than a "pond."
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- n. 湖
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1. We swam in the lake.
我们在湖里游泳。
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2. Lake Ontario
安大略湖
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3. a wine lake
葡萄酒池
- lake (n.1) "body of water surrounded by land and filling a depression or basin," early 12c., from Old French lack (12c., Modern French lac) and directly from Latin lacus "pond, pool, lake," also "basin, tank, reservoir" (related to lacuna "hole, pit"), from PIE *laku- "body of water, lake, sea" (source also of Greek lakkos "pit, tank, pond," Old Church Slavonic loky "pool, puddle, cistern," Old Irish loch "lake, pond"). The common notion is "basin."
- lake (n.2) "deep red coloring matter," 1610s, from French laque (15c., see lac), from which it was obtained.
- lake (v.) "to play, sport," Old English lacan (see lark (n.2)).
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