headwaters

head,头，waters,水流。比喻用法。

headwaters (n.)

attested 1530s, then not again until 1792 (in descriptions of Kentucky), so possibly the modern word is a re-formation; see head (n.) "origin of a river" + water (n.1).

1. They were born in headwaters of some stream.

他们是出生在某一小河上游源头.

2. Then the change of annual runoff distribution in the headwaters of the Yangtze River is discussed.

结果表明:长江源径流年内分配特征在1960年前后与1988年前后径流年内分配较为相近,1970-1976年与1993年以后径流年内分配较为相近.

3. A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.

10有河从伊甸流出来,滋润那园子, 从那里分为四道.

4. China has three operational dams on the river's headwaters Yunnan and two more are being built.

中国在云南上游流域有三座正在运行的水坝,目前在建的还有两座.

5. Water - injection system contain headwaters, water - injection station, water distributing station, injection headinjection well site and injection line.

注水系统包括水源 、 注水站、配水间 、 注水井口 、 注水井场及注水管道六部分.