wa.ter.shed

watershed的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈwɔ:təˌʃed, ˈwɔtə-]
KK音标发音： [ˈwɔtɚˌʃɛd, ˈwɑtɚ-]

watershed的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems.Also called water parting
分水岭：将两个不同水系流经地区分开的脊状高地也作 water parting

2. The region draining into a river, river system, or other body of water.
流域：将水排入某河流、水系或其它水体的地域

3. A critical point that marks a division or a change of course; a turning point:
分水岭，转折点：标志着分界或过程改变的重要关头；转折点：

“a watershed in modern American history, a time that . . . forever changed American social attitudes”(Robert Reinhold)
“现代美国历史的转折点，一个…永远改变了美国社会观念的时刻”(罗伯特·赖恩豪德)

watershed的词源：

4. Probably translation of German Wasserscheide
可能为 德语 Wasserscheide的翻译

5. Wasser [water]
Wasser [水]

6. Scheide [divide, parting]
Scheide [分开，分离]