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aqueduct

/ak-wi-duhkt/US // ˈæk wɪˌdʌkt //UK // (ˈækwɪˌdʌkt) //

水道,水渠,渡槽,水管

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Civil Engineering. a conduit or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance, usually by means of gravity.a bridgelike structure that carries a water conduit or canal across a valley or over a river.
    • : Anatomy. a canal or passage through which liquids pass.

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Examples

  • He figures if San Diego builds its own pipeline, that means Metropolitan has less to transport through its own mega aqueduct system built a century ago.

  • “If you remove San Diego and take their supplies out of the system … you have a giant empty space in the Met’s aqueduct… which runs the risk of becoming a stranded asset,” Hamby said.

  • The Colorado River provides about 64 percent of Southern California’s water now through a series of aqueducts constructed in the 1930s.

  • Take a winter afternoon at Aqueduct Park in Queens several months ago, just a mile from JFK airport.

  • I have a can't-miss tip in the seventh at Aqueduct plus a bridge to sell you.

  • Segovia is best known for its trilogy of monuments: the Aqueduct, the Cathedral, and the Fortress.

  • In attempting to break the aqueduct of Chapoltepec to cut off the water from the city, a powerful resistance was made.

  • The aqueduct is of brick, and is supported on two ranges of arches across the valley between two of the five hills of the city.

  • The headwaters of the Sele have been tapped for the great aqueduct for the Apulian provinces.

  • The present government, instead of constructing similar works, neglects even the repairs and requisite cleansing of this aqueduct.

  • The aqueduct, which had been long destroyed, he renewed, and brought in water through it.