| 释义 |
artesian well/ɑ:ˈti:ziən, -ʒ(ə)n/n. a well bored perpendicularly, esp. through rock, into water-bearing strata lying at an angle, so that natural pressure produces a constant supply of water with little or no pumping (尤指垂直钻于岩层的)自流井，喷水井 [French artésien from Artois, an old French province, where such wells were first made] |