Ang kahulugan ng diksyunaryo ng salitang "batis" ay isang maliit, natural na agos ng tubig, kadalasang sanga sa mas malaking anyong tubig. Bilang isang pandiwa, ang ibig sabihin ng "batis" ay magparaya o magtiis ng isang bagay, lalo na ang pagkayamot o kahirapan. Halimbawa, "Hindi ko maalis ang patuloy na ingay mula sa aking mga kapitbahay."
1. ONE Breadcrumbs STANDING IN A FIELD OF lavender, strolling on rolling hills, or resting by a brook as its waters gently meander through emerald green meadows, there is something strangely familiar about this place.
2. We stopped one day by a little brook running through a thin grove of trees.
3. He took a short breath and continued more calmly, but still in a manner that would brook no opposition.
4. The gurgling brook greeted us with its soft sounds, and the falling water glistened in the moonlight as its sparkling droplets splashed over the rocks.
5. With branches fisted in hand, Swann hiked her skirts to her knees and sloshed her way to the bank of the brook, then stepped onto dry land.
6. With difficulty, Rune and Kallan took their turn bending the fronds away and joined Sarahkka in a moss-covered clearing encased in tall pines and peppered in slender birch, where a brook flowed from a wall of bedrock.
7. Along the brook, a pair of dippers dipped and dove into the water and emerged after a minute with their beaks clamped on over-sized water insects and larvae.
8. Past its base there flowed a gentle brook, all around it spread a meadow so green and luxuriant that it was a delight to the eyes to look upon it, and forest trees in abundance, and shrubs and flowers, added to the charms of the spot.
9. They approached so silently that he did not perceive them, being fully occupied in bathing his feet, which were so fair that they looked like two pieces of shining crystal brought forth among the other stones of the brook.
10. Here he sees a brook whose limpid waters, like liquid crystal, ripple over fine sands and white pebbles that look like sifted gold and purest pearls.