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water main

水管,自来水管道,自来水管,自来水管网

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a main pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water.

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Examples

  • Students were evacuated off a school bus Wednesday morning after it got stuck in a small sink hole from a water main break in Montgomery County.

  • Officials said the hole was probably caused by a water main break.

  • The northbound lanes of the Third Street Tunnel in Washington reopened Wednesday but the southbound lanes remain closed as crews work to fix a water main break.

  • Some have envisioned deadly attacks in which hackers blow up power plants or poison water mains.

  • Crews worked Tuesday morning to fix a 16-inch water main break in Laurel, utility officials said.

  • Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.

  • When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.

  • Before anti-vaxxers, there were anti-fluoriders: a group who spread fear about the anti-tooth decay agent added to drinking water.

  • Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.

  • In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.

  • Urbanity ushers in water that needs no apology, and gives a zest to the worst vintage.

  • The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.

  • Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.

  • But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.

  • She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.