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hydro

/hahy-droh/US // ˈhaɪ droʊ //UK // (ˈhaɪdrəʊ) //

水力,水电,水力发电,水电工程

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hy·dros for 2, 3.

    • : Informal. hydroelectric power.
    • : Informal. hydroplane.
    • : British. a bathhouse, hotel, or resort catering to people taking mineral-water health cures; spa.an establishment furnishing hydrotherapy.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Informal. of, relating to, or furnishing water, water power, or hydroelectricity: funds for new hydro projects.

Examples

  • Long-range, high-voltage transmission lines also enable more development of solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal plants in the regions blessed with the weather, geology, or waterways to supply them.

  • It’s starting from a low base of installed capacity, however, far behind coal, gas, hydro, nuclear—even wind, which has been cheap for longer.

  • A Bitcoin analyst and self-professed “hippie miner,” Jason Deane uses computers that run exclusively on hydro power—though this eco-friendly setup is likely the exception, not the rule.

  • Renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, will account for less than 10 percent, with the remainder, about 18 percent of the power mix, coming primarily from hydro-electric power.

  • The field is formed by movements of liquified iron and nickel within the planet’s core, a phenomenon called magneto-hydro-dynamics that geophysicists are still working to fully understand.

  • Canada has abundant hydro potential — and in fact Manitoba and Quebec have abundant hydro for sale right now.

  • Here, however, it's worth noting that heavy use of emissions-free hydro power correlates strongly with lower power rates.

  • Alaska Electric Light and Power got a 24 percent residential rate hike to deal with inflation and to build a new hydro project.

  • A large number of these mills are actuated hydraulically or hydro-electrically.

  • The hydro-electric industry has been largely nationalized by those who are foremost in it.

  • Retinol, ret′i-nol, n. a hydro-carbon oil used in printers' ink.

  • Next to my flight in the hydro-aeroplane this was the greatest experience of my life.

  • On this supposition the positive impulse is to be regarded as hydro-mechanical.