penstock / ˈpɛnˌstɒk /
📖毕业后词汇水闸水塔笔架山水闸门
penstock 的定义
n. 名词 noun- a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- a conduit for conveying water to a power plant.
- a sluicelike contrivance used to control the flow of water.
更多penstock例句
- Penstock, pen′stok, n. a trough conveying water to a water-wheel.
- Adjoining the engine-well are the grating tank and penstock chamber, and with these the principal main sewer communicates.
- At the gate is placed a vertical iron tube called a penstock, 7½ feet in diameter and 160 feet deep.
- Each turbine in a penstock represents the power of 5,000 horses, and there are now ten or more employed.
- Patrick is with him, his devoted servant, and Miss Penstock has gone to keep house for them.