cistern 的定义
- a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- Anatomy. a reservoir or receptacle of some natural fluid of the body.
cistern 近义词
reservoir
更多cistern例句
- The company warned residents in the affected community Wednesday “to disconnect downspouts to cisterns if accessible” and not drink the water.
- The fine mist of oil and water from Limetree Bay Refining rained down on the community of Clifton Hill, showering the slick mix onto cars, gardens, rooftops and cisterns filled with rainwater that residents use for daily tasks.
- To contain the spills, Pacific Coast Energy installed wide, short cisterns, or “cans,” stuck into the earth like straws, from which frothy water and oil can be vacuumed.
- According to archaeologist Antonio De Simone, the cistern structure covered by dual walkways was built to salvage water from the nearby mountains.
- The waste steam puffed through a launder into the feed-cistern.
- This was done with water in the cistern round the condenser, which water came up to 180 degrees of heat, and remained so.
- From this cistern large earthen pipes led off in various directions to irrigate the terraces below.
- So they picks up the flatirons, and as they picks em up they come a splashing noise in the cistern.
- The water having failed in the cistern on the Tuesday, she had recourse to that in the water-tub in the back kitchen.