basin

lavabo

Cuvette, souvent fixée dans une salle de bains, où l’on se lave les mains et le visage.

En anglais simple : A bowl, often fixed in a bathroom, where you wash your hands and face.

• Wash your hands in the basin.
• The bathroom basin has a leaking tap.
• She left the soap beside the basin.

Synonymes : sink, washbasin

Expressions courantes : wash basin, bathroom basin, basin tap

bassine, cuvette

Récipient large et assez peu profond qui sert à contenir de l’eau ou d’autres choses.

En anglais simple : A wide, fairly shallow container for holding water or other things.

• She filled a basin with water.
• Pour the mixture into a wide basin.
• We carried three metal basins into the kitchen.

Comment l'utiliser : basin of something (He brought a basin of warm water.)

Synonymes : bowl

Expressions courantes : basin of water, plastic basin, fill a basin

bassin versant, bassin hydrographique

Zone dont les eaux de pluie et les rivières s’écoulent vers un même fleuve, lac ou mer.

En anglais simple : An area of land where rain and rivers all flow towards the same river, lake, or sea.

• Rainfall increased across the river basin.
• The Amazon basin contains many smaller rivers.
• Pollution upstream can affect the whole basin.

Comment l'utiliser : basin of something (Many farms lie within the basin of this river.)

Synonymes : drainage area, catchment

Expressions courantes : river basin, drainage basin, basin of something

bassin, cuvette

Grande étendue de terrain bas, souvent entourée de terres plus élevées.

En anglais simple : A wide area of low land, often surrounded by higher land.

• The town lies in a wide basin.
• Mountains surround the dry basin.
• Ancient lakes left thick layers of sand in the basin.

Synonymes : depression, hollow

Expressions courantes : mountain basin, desert basin, low basin

cuvette, dépression

Chose en forme de bol large, avec un centre bas et des bords plus hauts.

En anglais simple : Something shaped like a wide bowl, with a low middle and higher sides.

• The rock had a shallow basin.
• Rain collected in the basin worn into the stone.
• The melted ice left a smooth basin in the surface.

Synonymes : hollow, depression

Expressions courantes : shallow basin, basin in something, basin shape