basin是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 盆， 脸盆； 内海， 盆地，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The next day, the 16th of February, we left the basin which, between Rhodes and Alexandria, is reckoned about 1,500 fathoms in depth, and the Nautilus, passing some distance from Cerigo, quitted the Grecian Archipelago after having doubled Cape Matapan.
-- But, beautiful as it was, I could only take a rapid glance at the basin whose superficial area is two million of square yards.
-- There once existed two currents: an upper one, long since recognised, which conveys the waters of the ocean into the basin of the Mediterranean; and a lower counter-current, which reasoning has now shown to exist.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They went through a little gate from the high-road, to the head of the water, where was a great stone basin which received the overflow, and a flight of stone steps descended into the depths of the water itself.
-- He had come to the hollow basin of snow, surrounded by sheer slopes and precipices, out of which rose a track that brought one to the top of the mountain.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then it flashed on me 'The clown at my elbow, who is drinking his tea out of a basin and eating his broad with unwashed hands, may be her husband: Heathcliff junior, of course.
-- She returned presently, bringing a s moking basin and a basket of work; and, having placed the former on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable.
-- Then the woman servant brought a basin of warm water, and washed her feet; and Mr. Linton mixed a tumbler of negus, and Isabella emptied a plateful of cakes into her lap, and Edgar stood gaping at a distance.
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