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weir

/weer/US // wɪər //UK // (wɪə) //

堰塞湖,堰口,围堰,纬度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small dam in a river or stream.
    • : a fence, as of brush or narrow boards, or a net set in a stream, channel, etc., for catching fish.

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Examples

  • The conversation was entirely in Russian—Weir is impressively fluent.

  • Out athletes—again, like Weir—were expected to make grand demonstrations in protest of Putin and his legislation.

  • “I was thrown in the center of this not really wanting any part of it,” Weir says.

  • Vlad was early to meet Gonick, who was busy filming Weir, one day.

  • Celebrities like Weir were called on to urge a boycott of the Games.

  • This letter contains the first announcement of the scheme of Weir of Hermiston.

  • Towards the end of October he gave it up for the time being and turned to a more arduous task, the tragic Weir of Hermiston.

  • Capt. Cinnamond is still in bed with lumbago, whilst Major Weir is staying behind too.

  • Had the boat been carried over the weir you would have been drowned.

  • Near to his cottage on the river-bank was a dam or weir, over which the water trickled here and there a few inches deep.