Waterworks
['wɔːtəwɜːks] or ['wɔtɚwɝks]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community.
編輯:思朋斯--From WordNet
例句/造句/用法:
- Mr. Walker was an observant man, who has since that time installed a number of waterworks systems and obtained several patents of his own. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In the gravity system, where an elevated lake or stream serves as a natural reservoir, the cost of the city's waterworks is practically limited to the laying of pipes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- She shook her head sadly and had, as usual, recourse to the waterworks. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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