n.（美）流域；分水岭；集水区；转折点
adj.标志转折点的
watersheds───n.[水文]流域，水域（watershed的复数形式）；[地理]分水岭
water bed───水床；充水床垫
water hen───n.鷭；水鸡
waterbed───n.水床；电热充水床垫
watered───adj.掺水的；洒有水的，洒了水的；有波纹的；加虚股的（面值增加而实值未按比例增加）；v.浇水，供以水（water的过去式和过去分词）
waterhead───n.水源；水位差；[内科]脑积水
waterweed───n.伊乐藻；水蕴草
water shield───莼菜；防水罩，挡泥板；密封条
water shrew───水鼩
of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.───19世纪中叶标志着俄国历史的转折点。
The meeting has the potential to be a watershed event.───这次会议有可能成为一次分水岭事件。
election of Mary Robinson in 1990 was a watershed in Irish politics.───玛丽·鲁滨逊的当选是爱尔兰政治的分水岭。
The total land area that contributes surface runoff to a river or lake is called a watershed, fiver basin, or catchment area.───为某一江河或湖泊提供地表径流的整个陆地面积称作流域、河流盆地或汇水面积。
Was that something of a watershed for Spanish football?───可以认为那是西班牙足球的转折点吗？
He said the day was a "watershed mark" , though enthusiasm had been "dampened" by the floods.───他说这一天是一个“分水岭”（流域标志），虽然人们的激情已被洪水“打湿”。）
As I said, this high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases must be a watershed event.───正如我所言，本次非传染性疾病问题高级别会议必须成为一个分水岭。
One of the deputies most critical of the project, Nguyen Minh Thuyet, said the vote was a watershed for the legislature.───对该项目批评得最严厉的议员之一NguyenMinhThuyet表示，此次表决是该立法机构的转折点。
But that gap is beginning to close, and 2011 appears to be something of a watershed year.───不过，这个差距正在缩小，2011年在某种意义上是迎来转折的一年。
Darwin's theory of evolution was a watershed dividing the old way of thinking from the new.