English Dictionary

waterhole

名詞

くだけた表現

A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink. / (informal) A watering hole; a place where people meet to drink and talk.

日本語の意味

水が溜まる洼地、特に野生動物が水を飲みに来る場所 / （口語）人々が集まって飲み、会話をする場所、バーのような社交場

We watched a herd of elephants gather at the waterhole as the sun set.

日没時、私たちはゾウの群れが水飲み場に集まるのを見た。

意味（1）

A depression in which water collects, especially one where wild animals come to drink.

From habit the sheep would head for the river, but, though it was early spring, the winter had been droughty, and the river was only a string of dangerous water-holes.

意味（2）

(informal) A watering hole; a place where people meet to drink and talk.

意味（3）

(astronomy) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between the regions where hydrogen and hydroxyl radiate, that is relatively quiet in terms of radio astronomy.

waterholes （ plural ）