puddle

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pud·dle /ˈpʌdl/ ●●○ noun [countable]  DNa small pool of liquid, especially rainwater 小水坑〔尤指雨水坑〕 Children splashed through the puddles. 孩子们噼噼啪啪地踩过一个个小水坑。puddle of He had fallen asleep, his head resting in a puddle of beer. 他睡着了，脑袋耷拉在一摊啤酒中。 —puddle verb [intransitive] literary Rain trickled down the glass, puddling on the window sills. 雨水顺着玻璃窗往下淌，在窗台上积起一摊水。

Examples from the Corpus

puddle• Start with a puddle and progress slowly to a small pool and shallow stream.• Sometimes the blood oozed into great black puddles over which huge swarms of flies hovered.• Would you jump into puddles with me?• a mud puddle• George Cummings pulled out the stretcher with an oblong puddle of flesh and hair and rib.• The problem with such puddles, Rubberneck would suffer violent bellyaches and explosive diarrhoea.• He dashed across the puddles in the courtyard, lithe and athletic.• The ground is frozen, thin ice covers the puddles between the furrows of the empty gray field.• He shook his head to drive away some bottleneck flies straying from the vile puddle in front of the horse-faced young man.Origin puddle (1300-1400) Probably from Old English pudd “ditch”

pud·dle nounChineseSyllable  

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puddle
pud‧dle /ˈpʌdl/ noun [countable]a small pool of liquid, especially rainwater:
    Children splashed through the puddles.
    puddle of
    He had fallen asleep, his head resting in a puddle of beer.
—puddle verb [intransitive] literary:
    Rain trickled down the glass, puddling on the window sills.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ lake a large area of water surrounded by land: Lake Michigan | We went for a swim in the lake.
   ▪ lagoon an area of water that is separated from the sea by rocks, sand, or coral: a tropical lagoon | coastal lagoons
   ▪ loch in Scotland, a lake or an area of sea water that is almost completely surrounded by land: Loch Ness | a sea loch
   ▪ reservoir a lake, especially an artificial one, where water is stored before it is supplied to people's houses: The reservoirs supply water to Greater Manchester.
   ▪ pond a small area of fresh water that is smaller than a lake, which is either natural or artificially made: There were several ducks on the village pond.
   ▪ pool a small area of still water in a hollow place: a pool of water near the summit of the mountain | a rockpool (=a pool in some rocks near the sea)
   ▪ puddle a very small area of water on the ground, especially after it has been raining: She turned quickly to avoid stepping in a puddle.
   ▪ waterhole a small area of water in a dry country, where wild animals go to drink: The waterhole is used by elephants.

pud·dleBrE /ˈpʌdl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpʌdl/ 🔊 nouna small amount of water or other liquid, especially rain, that has collected in one place on the ground 水洼；小水坑；（尤指）雨水坑

downpour, drought, flash flood, monsoon, precipitation, puddle, rain, shelter, shower, squall