freshwater

Word family

fresh·wa·ter /ˈfreʃwɔːtə $ -wɔːtər, -wɑː-/ adjectiveadj [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 freshwater

2 DNliving in water that contains no salt 生活在淡水中的 → saltwater

freshwater crabs

淡水蟹

Examples from the Corpus

freshwater• Only 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.

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Corpus

BNC: 12948 COCA: 9504

freshwater

Words used to describe animals: amphibious, androgynous, anthropoid...