watering place
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈwatering place noun [countable] 1. SGWATERa waterhole 水池，水坑2. DLTa town which people visited in the past because they thought the water there was good for their health 〔旧时的〕矿泉疗养地 SYN spa
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watering place• They even found them in Britain, and Bath remained a watering place for centuries.• At the first watering place they jumped from the open wagons and rushed to douse their burning clothes.ˈwatering place nounChineseSyllable
a waterhole Corpus
watering place
ˈwatering place
noun [countable]
1. a waterhole
2. a town which people visited in the past because the water there was thought to be good for your health
SYN spa
ˈwatering place
noun [countable]1. a waterhole
2. a town which people visited in the past because the water there was thought to be good for your health
SYN spa