Aqueduct
['ækwɪdʌkt] or ['ækwɪ'dʌkt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
(n.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
編輯:米考伯
解釋/意思:
n. an artificial channel for conveying water most commonly understood to mean a bridge of stone iron or wood for conveying water across a valley: also a bridge carrying a canal for the purposes of navigation.
手打:朱迪
例句/造句/用法:
- The same thing may be said of a canal, an aqueduct, or a great pipe for bringing water to supply a great city. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This aqueduct, like the other, runs in the middle of a broad road-way, thus leaving a space on each side. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The mammoth new aqueduct system by which water is carried from the Catskills to the Battery is another example of electricity as a source of power for large construction work. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Cabin John (Washington Aqueduct) Bridge finished (longest masonry span in the world). Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The arches supporting the aqueduct afforded protection for advancing troops as well as to those engaged defensively. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The second aqueduct starts from the east base of Chapultepec, where it is fed by a spring, and runs north-east to the city. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- When opposition was encountered our troops sheltered themselves by keeping under the arches supporting the aqueduct, advancing an arch at a time. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We rode across the Valley of Hinnom, between two of the Pools of Gihon, and by an aqueduct built by Solomon, which still conveys water to the city. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- When Chapultepec fell the advance commenced along the two aqueduct roads. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It is known as the Washington Aqueduct or Cabin John Bridge, and is seen in Fig. 230. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- In his time it was more economical to convey the hard water by aqueducts than by such pipes as could then be constructed. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The eighth book deals with water and with hydraulic engineering , hot springs, mineral waters, leveling instruments, construction of aqueducts, lead and clay piping. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- He planned basilicas and aqueducts, and designed powerful war-e ngines capable of hurling rocks weighing three or four hundred pounds. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Huge aqueducts are being built which will convey pure mountain water a distance of 250 miles, and in quantities sufficient to supply two million people. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Beginning life as a stone mason, he rose by his own industry to be a master among architects and a prince among builders of iron bridges, aqueducts, canals, tunnels, harbours and docks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- There followed others for a machine that should scoop out earth to make canals or aqueducts, for a Market or Passage Boat to use on canals, and for a Dispatch Boat that should travel quickly. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The roads leading to garitas (the gates) San Cosme and Belen, by which these aqueducts enter the city, were strongly intrenched. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The City of Mexico is supplied with water by two aqueducts, resting on strong stone arches. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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