reservoir
- 英式英标[\'rɛzɚ,vɔr]
- 美式音标[\'rezəvwɑ: (r)]
英文词源
- 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.
实用例句
- 1. This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.
- 这个水库是通过在布莱斯河上筑坝形成的。
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- 2. The villagers piped in drinking water from the reservoir.
- 村民用管道从水库引来饮用水。
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- 3. The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir.
- 飞机从希思罗机场起飞后坠毁在一个水库里。
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- 4. Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir.
- 急流涌入了水库。
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- 5. The day was drawing near when we should have completed the reservoir.
- 我们完成水库工程的日子不远了.
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