English Dictionary

lake

/leɪk/

noun

A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid. / A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake. / (now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.

The lake is surrounded by beautiful mountains.

意味（1）

A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.

Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.

意味（2）

A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.

So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

意味（3）

(now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A pit, or ditch.