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underdrainage

/uhn-der-drey-nij/US // ˈʌn dərˌdreɪ nɪdʒ //

底层排水,下水道,下排水,底层排水系统

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : drainage of agricultural lands and removal of excess water and of alkali by drains buried beneath the surface.

Examples

  • I can remember when we had whole fields for skating ponds, but that was before the days of government drains and underdrainage.

  • Underdrainage helps to prevent such ill-effect of continued rains in the early part of a plant's life-time.

  • Almost without fail will he become an earnest advocate of underdrainage.

  • Underdrainage should be permanent in its character, and it is essential that every piece of tile be sound and well-burned.