watersheds

英 [ˈwɔːtəʃɛdz]

美 [ˈwɔtərˌʃɛdz]

n.  转折点，分界线，分水岭(标志着重大变化的事件或时期); 分水线; 分水岭; 分水界; (英国)儿童不宜节目可在电视上播放的起始时间
watershed的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 转折点;分水岭
  If something such as an event is awatershed inthe history or development of something, it is very important because it represents the beginning of a new stage in it.
  1. The election of Mary Robinson in 1990 was a watershed in Irish politics...
     1990年玛丽·鲁宾逊的当选是爱尔兰政治上的一个转折点。
  2. Tonight could prove to be a watershed for the international career of Barnes.
     今晚将可能成为巴恩斯国际职业生涯的转折点。
• N-COUNT (成人电视节目播出前的)分水岭时间
  The watershedis a time before which television broadcasters have agreed not to show programmes unsuitable for children, for example programmes that contain scenes of sex or violence.
  1. Bad language before the watershed is widely resented...
     在成人节目时间之前出现的脏话深为众人憎恶。
  2. The advert should only be shown after the 9pm watershed.
     这则广告只能在晚上9点成人节目开始后才能播出。
• 分水线；分水岭
  Awatershedis an area of high ground which divides two or more river systems, so that all streams on one side flow into one river and those on the other side flow into a different river.

双语例句

• Problems: Columbus's steady development has made it tough to keep the city's watersheds clean.
  问题：哥伦布的稳定发展已很难保持城市清洁。
• They are the stewards of local forests and watersheds and are the ones that reap the benefit and costs of [ these] activities.
  他们是本地森林和流域的管理者，享受[这些]活动的收益并承担其代价。
• Regional Distribution Regularity of Hydrological Model Parameter in Tianshan Mountains Watersheds
  天山山区水文模型参数的区域分布规律
• Based on watersheds algorithm, the method completes the segmentation using interactive markers as indicators, thus over-segmentation and noising problems were avoided.
  在分水岭算法的基础上，由用户交互提供分割的指示标记，完成网格曲面分割。
• In an opinion by then-Justice Rehnquist, the Supreme Court held that the sole purposes of creating national forests were to preserve timber supply and watersheds.
  据那时仍为大法官的里克斯特的观点，最高法院认为建立国家森林区的唯一目的是保护木材资源和分水线。
• The Assessment on Soil Quality of Harnessed Small Watersheds in the Loess Hilly-Gully Region
  黄土高原丘陵沟壑区已治理小流域土壤质量评价
• The effects of forest types on hydrochemical characteristics of streams in Liangshui National Nature Reserve were studied by the comparison experiment of watersheds.
  采用集水区对比分析方法，探讨凉水国家级自然保护区不同森林类型对溪流水化学特征的影响。
• Calculation and Characterization of Rainfall Erosivity in Small Watersheds of Hilly Region in Northwest Hunan
  湘西北低山丘陵小流域降雨侵蚀力计算及其特征研究
• Yet he also turned deserts into watersheds and parched land into flowing springs.
  他又能使沙漠变成水源，使旱地变成水泉。
• The destruction of these areas has lead to degraded watersheds resulting in poor water quality, severs flooding, and elimination of critical wildlife habitat.
  湿地的破坏造成水质变差、流域环境恶化、洪水泛滥以及濒危野生动植物栖息地的消失殆尽。