noria

/nawr-ee-uh, nohr-/US // ˈnɔr i ə, ˈnoʊr- //UK // (ˈnɔːrɪə) //

诺亚,诺丽亚,诺丽雅,诺基亚

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.

Dating back to the 14th century, the largest noria is nearly 70 feet in diameter.
The Noria, a chain of pots, and the screw of Archimedes were other forms of ancient pumps.
Here the traveller from the north first sees the Noria or Moorish water-wheel at work.
Our first work on reaching the island was to erect a water wheel, or “noria,” as it was called in the book, in front of the camp.
I offer him a double price for the fine fighting cock he has brought from Noria, but this he will not give up.