Cistern
['sɪstən] or ['sɪstɚn]
解释:
(noun.) an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater.
(noun.) a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet.
德洛丽丝校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.
(n.) A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.
录入:曼蒂
同义词及近义词：
n. Reservoir, tank.
杰里手打
解释:
n. any receptacle for holding water or other liquid: a reservoir: in a steam-engine the vessel surrounding the condenser.
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娱乐性解释：
To dream of a cistern, denotes you are in danger of trespassing upon the pleasures and rights of your friends. To draw from one, foretells that you will enlarge in your pastime and enjoyment in a manner which may be questioned by propriety. To see an empty one, foretells despairing change from happiness to sorrow.
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例句:
- Again, plac e the magnet in a wooden vessel, and then set the vessel afloat in a tub or cistern of still water. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- If now the air pressure in the tube is restored, the water in the tube sinks again to the level of that in the cistern. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- If an empty pipe is placed in a cistern of water, the water in the pipe does not rise above the level of the water in the cistern. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The condenser stood in a large cold-water cistern, and the weight of the masonry and the cistern greatly detracted from the boat’s buoyancy. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- When, however, the pressure within the tube is reduced, the liquid rises because of the unbalanced pressure which acts on the water in the cistern. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The waiter brought it in this morning, discovered at the bottom of an empty cistern--such is Fate! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- From a reservoir, spring, or cistern of water, the water was discharged downward into a long pipe of small diameter, and from thence into a shorter pipe governed by a stop-cock. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Then we went down into a cavern which cavilers say was once a cistern. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- From the cistern we descended twelve steps into a large roughly-shaped grotto, carved wholly out of the living rock. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Said Sir William: It is going to be a most valuable, practical affair--as valuable as water-cisterns to people whether they had or had not systems of water-pipes and water-supply. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- A compressor having tanks or cisterns in the cellar filled with cool or cold air may be set to work to reduce the temperature of the house and fan the inmates with a refreshing breeze. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
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