basin: [13] Basin comes via Old French bacin from medieval Latin *bacchinus, a derivative of Vulgar Latin *bacca ‘water vessel’, which may originally have been borrowed from Gaulish. The Old French diminutive bacinet produced English basinet ‘helmet’ [14] and, with a modification of the spelling, bassinette ‘cradle’ [19], which was originally applied in French to any vaguely basin-shaped object. => basinet, bassinette
basin (n.)
"large shallow vessel or dish," c. 1200, from Old French bacin (11c., Modern French bassin), from Vulgar Latin *baccinum, from *bacca "water vessel," perhaps originally Gaulish. Meaning "large-scale artificial water-holding landscape feature" is from 1712. Geological sense of "tract of country drained by one river or draining into one sea" is from 1830.
双语例句
1. When he had finished washing he began to wipe the basin clean.
他清洗完后开始把洗脸池擦拭干净。
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2. Place the eggs and sugar in a large basin.
把鸡蛋和糖放在一个大碗里。
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3. The basin favours the development of farming and animal husbandry.