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freshwater

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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fresh·wa·ter /ˈfreʃwɔːtə $ -wɔːtər, -wɑː-/ adjective [only before noun]  1 DNhaving water that contains no salt 淡水的 saltwater freshwater lakes 淡水湖4  See picture of 见图 freshwater2 DNliving in water that contains no salt 生活在淡水中的saltwater freshwater crabs 淡水蟹
Examples from the Corpus
freshwaterOnly 1 percent of the world is covered by freshwater.I have found freshwater dips for Marine fish effective at clearing flukes from infected fish.Larger fish will, however, put up with a freshwater environment for a short time.Until now the area of freshwater recreation has been sadly neglected.Consider the shell of the freshwater snail.Reels: A freshwater spinning reel with 6-pound-test line for the bait unit.Thus, the flow of life from freshwater to brine is compressed into talking distance.For one thing, marine fishes are usually larger than the freshwater tropicals kept in home aquariums.
fresh·wa·ter adjectiveChineseSyllable
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freshwater
freshwater /ˈfreʃwɔːtə $ -wɔːtər, -wɑː-/ adjective [only before noun]
1. having water that contains no salt ⇨ saltwater:
    freshwater lakes
2. living in water that contains no salt ⇨ saltwater:
    freshwater crabs


fresh·waterBrE /ˈfreʃwɔːtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfreʃwɔːtər/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] living in water that is not the sea and is not salty 淡水中生长的freshwater fish淡水鱼having water that is not salty 淡水的freshwater lakes淡水湖   compare salt water