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hydroelectric

/hahy-droh-i-lek-trik/US // ˌhaɪ droʊ ɪˈlɛk trɪk //UK // (ˌhaɪdrəʊɪˈlɛktrɪk) //

水力发电,水电,水力,水能

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.

Examples

  • Lake Mead feeds Hoover Dam, one of the largest hydroelectric generating facilities in the country.

  • A national network of short spur lines and long-distance, high-voltage wires would deliver wind, solar and hydroelectric power to where it’s needed when it’s available across the country.

  • It also built the massive Three Gorges Dam, which diverted the Yangtze River and displaced more than a million people to create the world’s biggest hydroelectric power plant.

  • Brazil is also heavily reliant on hydroelectric power, and lower levels in the country’s reservoirs, lakes and rivers will hinder electricity generation.

  • Water levels tend to be high in June thanks to snow runoff, which means plenty of hydroelectric capacity at regional dams.

  • We made big things like steel for ships and tractors and turbines for hydroelectric plants.

  • To make a living, he gets a job as a manager at a hydroelectric plant.

  • Greetings from Manitoba, the Saudi Arabia of untapped hydroelectric potential.

  • My National Post column urges the government of Ontario to consider hydroelectric power instead of wind turbines.

  • The great hydroelectric dams, the hundreds of steam turbines, the heavy-metal atomic reactors—all useless for power purposes.

  • We shall then have an opportunity that never before has been given us to develop the hydroelectric possibilities of the country.

  • The other ten per cent according to the Commission's plan will be hydroelectric power.

  • Maybe Crane figured Taber's scalp was too small a price to pay for the hydroelectric plum.

  • The rivers have a high potential for the generation of hydroelectric power.