reservoir
英['rez?vwɑ:(r)]
美['r?z?,v?r]
- n. 水庫；蓄水池
詞態變化
復數:?reservoirs;
英文詞源
- reservoir (n.)
- 1680s, "a place where something tends to collect," originally figurative, from French réservoir "storehouse," from Old French reserver "to reserve" (see reserve (n.)). Specific meaning "artificial basin to collect and store a large body of water" is from 1705.
雙語例句
- 1. This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.
- 這個水庫是通過在布萊斯河上筑壩形成的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The villagers piped in drinking water from the reservoir.
- 村民用管道從水庫引來飲用水。
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- 3. The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir.
- 飛機從希思羅機場起飛后墜毀在一個水庫里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir.
- 急流涌入了水庫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The day was drawing near when we should have completed the reservoir.
- 我們完成水庫工程的日子不遠了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》