海湾 — meaning in English
hǎi wān
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English meaning
- bay noun A body of water partly enclosed by a curve of the coastline.
- embayment noun A bay. (the water)
- gulf noun A large area of sea partly enclosed by land.
- inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- plonk verb To put something down heavily or carelessly.
- swill noun Kitchen scraps and liquid waste fed to pigs, or by extension, any low-quality food or drink.
- turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.
Senses
海湾 is used for these senses in English:
- bight A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
- embayment A bay. (the water)
- gulf (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
- inflection A turning away from a straight course.
- plonk (uncountable, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) Cheap or inferior everyday wine.
- swill (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
- turn A change of direction or orientation.
- wimple A curve or bend.
bay — full definition
- noun A body of water partly enclosed by a curve of the coastline.
- noun A distinct section or compartment, such as a parking space, loading area, or part of a building.
- noun The evergreen tree or shrub whose leaves are used as a cooking herb (bay leaf).
- verb To bark or howl loudly, especially of hunting dogs.
- adj Reddish-brown in colour, especially describing a horse with a black mane and tail.
embayment — full definition
- noun A bay. (the water)
- noun The shoreline of a bay, an indentation in a shoreline. (the land, not the water)
- noun A topographical feature that used to be a bay, like the Mississippi embayment.
- noun The process by which a bay is formed.