watering place

IPA/ˈwɔːtərɪŋ pleɪs/
IPA/ˈwɔːtərɪŋ pleɪs/

watering place — 名詞

1. A town or resort that has natural mineral springs and attracts visitors who come

1.名詞C1
釋義

礦泉療養地

有天然礦泉的養生城鎮

A town or resort that has natural mineral springs and attracts visitors who come to drink or bathe in the water to improve their health.

例句

Bath became a popular watering place after the Romans built baths around its hot springs.

巴斯在羅馬人圍繞其溫泉建造浴場後，成了受歡迎的礦泉療養地。

historical reference: Bath + Roman baths

Roya's doctor recommended a visit to a German watering place to ease her joint pain.

Roya 的醫師建議她去德國的礦泉療養地，以減輕她的關節疼痛。

medical purpose: doctor recommendation for joint pain

同義詞
  • spa

    the modern, more common term; can refer to both the town and a single health facility

  • health resort

    broader term that includes any place people go to improve their health, not only those with mineral springs

  • spa town

    equivalent in meaning but more transparent; commonly used in travel writing

文法句型

watering place + [preposition] (at/in)

用法筆記

This term is now old-fashioned and less common than 'spa' or 'health resort' in modern everyday English. It appears most often in historical writing about 18th- and 19th-century travel or in literary contexts.

常見錯誤

❌Let's meet at the watering place after work.
✅Let's meet at the watering hole after work.
💡'watering hole' is the slang term for a bar; 'watering place' refers to a spa town with mineral springs.
❌We stayed at a beach watering place in Thailand.
✅We stayed at a beach resort in Thailand.
💡'watering place' specifically refers to a town with mineral springs, not just any seaside holiday destination.