aqueduct

Related topics: Civil

aq·ue·duct /ˈækwədʌkt/ noun [countableC]

TECa structure like a bridge, that carries water across a river or valley 〔跨过河流或山谷的〕高架渠，渡槽 →4 See picture of 见图 ARCH 1

Examples from the Corpus

aqueduct• Their social organization resulted in the building of bridges, roads, and aqueducts that still stand.• A miniature aqueduct led water from the spring into a well at the garth's centre.• This is a comparatively short section, in a beautiful setting, of an original aqueduct 25 miles long.• The water, carried in pressure aqueducts and siphons, could arrive under its own power.• She is associated with a bridge, a subterranean aqueduct and a magic distaff, one of the symbols of Athene.• The city had built a great water-supply aqueduct to the Croton River and was imagining its future subway system.• To their credit, they floodlight the aqueduct each night, such is its splendour.• After another island with half blocked off by Hamstead Wharf there are two aqueducts.

Origin aqueduct

(1500-1600) Latin aquaeductus, from aquae “of water” + ductus “act of leading”

单词	aqueduct
释义	aqueduct Related topics: Civil aq·ue·duct /ˈækwədʌkt/ noun [countableC] TECa structure like a bridge, that carries water across a river or valley 〔跨过河流或山谷的〕高架渠，渡槽 →4 See picture of 见图 ARCH 1 Examples from the Corpus aqueduct• Their social organization resulted in the building of bridges, roads, and aqueducts that still stand.• A miniature aqueduct led water from the spring into a well at the garth's centre.• This is a comparatively short section, in a beautiful setting, of an original aqueduct 25 miles long.• The water, carried in pressure aqueducts and siphons, could arrive under its own power.• She is associated with a bridge, a subterranean aqueduct and a magic distaff, one of the symbols of Athene.• The city had built a great water-supply aqueduct to the Croton River and was imagining its future subway system.• To their credit, they floodlight the aqueduct each night, such is its splendour.• After another island with half blocked off by Hamstead Wharf there are two aqueducts. Origin aqueduct (1500-1600) Latin aquaeductus, from aquae “of water” + ductus “act of leading”
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