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acequia

/uh-sey-kyuh; Spanish ah-se-kyah/US // əˈseɪ kyə; Spanish ɑˈsɛ kyɑ //

阿斯奎亚,阿西卡

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·ce·quias [uh-sey-kyuhz; Spanish ah-se-kyahs]. /əˈseɪ kyəz; Spanish ɑˈsɛ kyɑs/. Southwestern U.S.

    • : an irrigation ditch.

Examples

  • The dry reservoir and the ruined acequia proved the care that had in former times been bestowed on its irrigation.

  • He said his horse had stumbled into an acequia in the darkness and fallen on him, and now he wanted to get up.

  • The Acequia Court is one of the most beautiful of the patios in the buildings comprising the Alhambra.

  • It's all out of kindness, isn't it, that he's going to make the rocks fly away out of the acequia to-morrow?

  • Circling the camp at wide distance, he had crossed the acequia and reached the Gila road.