basins
n. 盆；[地理]盆地（basin 的复数）；脸盆
v. 凹下成盆状（basin 的三单形式）
例句
They left behind their beds or basins as limestone formations that we can still see today.
它们留下了河床或盆地，形成了我们今天仍然可以看到的石灰岩地层。
No very satisfactory account of the mechanism that caused the formation of the ocean basins has yet been given.
对于造成海洋盆地形成的机制，至今还没有给出非常令人满意的解释。
Extreme changes in daily and seasonal climates preceded the retreat of the seas back into the major ocean basins.
在海洋退回到主要的海洋盆地之前，每日天气和季节性气候发生了剧烈的变化。
