| 词汇 | example_english_standpipe |
| 释义 | Examples of standpipeThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Drinking water was supplied by standpipes connected to the mains water supply nearest to each group's tent. Any complaints regarding supply were addressed to the local turncock, who would reopen standpipes or arrange for water to run for longer periods. The number of houses per standpipe averaged 7.7 and in no company area exceeded 9 residencies. What is the law governing the compulsory provision of water through standpipes by the local authority? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People are, at this moment, standing on icy paths, with buckets in their hands and possibly at frozen standpipes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People are boiling water, using standpipes and some of the elderly are without water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had to have standpipes, we had to have our supplies interrupted and, unbelievably, our industry was told to relocate elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Either it will be done on the basis of rota cuts for 17 hours a day, or standpipes will be erected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where interruptions to the piped supply are unavoidable, they provide emergency supplies in bowsers or by standpipes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Standpipes have been erected for all except a few properties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About 20,000 properties are without their mains water supply, but arrangements have been or are being made to provide supplies from standpipes or tankers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were rationed and had to use standpipes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To my knowledge, no one is in favour of standpipes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has it been established whether standpipes work under water? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were putting up standpipes in the villages, and so on, and during the whole time there was my supply going at full strength. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that is true, people will of course be relieved to have the threat of standpipes removed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no separate charge to domestic consumers for water taken from public standpipes erected during a period of water shortage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of them say that they will not need rota cuts, standpipes or tankering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if rota cuts had to be for 24 hours on one particular day, they would rather have that than standpipes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last summer there was another drought and my family and friends again had to use standpipes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The water boards handled the problem well by putting in standpipes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Standpipes were erected when pipes burst and people were taken into emergency accommodation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Standpipes have been made available at the roadside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer, in particular, to those who have been deprived of a mains water supply and who have to rely on standpipes and tankers that are at considerable distances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are now in the ridiculous situation of facing the threat of standpipes in the south and south-east while there is a glut of water in the north. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With this, the existing provisions have built into them a curious inflexibility—a dramatic jump, so to speak, from banning hose-pipes in the garden to erecting standpipes in the streets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not suggesting it should go so far as that, but, at any rate, standpipes in some places, with the rest of the water carted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he well knows, various ad hoc arrangements were made, including standpipes, switching of water supplies and management personnel and others undertaking work normally done by the men on strike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fire trucks carry standpipes and key, and there are bars on the truck. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There were also a few standpipes in the areas that provided water for free, but not on a regular basis. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The pump provides water flow at a higher pressure to the sprinkler system risers and hose standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Furthermore, many poor in rural areas, who receive limited amounts of water for free through standpipes, do not benefit fully. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fighting the fire proved difficult due to the stage of construction and status of floors and standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The use of standpipes keeps stairwells clear and is safer for exiting occupants. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wet standpipes generally already come with hoses so that building occupants may fight fires quickly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Building codes were dated and did not mention standpipes, fire escapes, or sprinklers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A more accurate method used to monitor over the longer term, consists of gas monitoring standpipes should be installed in boreholes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The remaining 35% of the population were supplied through a variety of standpipes, rainwater collection systems, water trucks, wayside tanks, and community catchment tanks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In urban areas, 41% have access to water connections in their house or yard and 49% rely on water kiosks and standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The setting is a standpipe where women gather, often bringing their preschool-age children along, to launder clothes and socialize. Tanks of concrete or steel are either buried, partly buried, at ground-level, elevated, or set up as cylindrical standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The 2000 had standpipes in the fuel tanks to artificially limit fuel capacity so the aircraft would meet a target payload weight. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. With inadequate water pressure coming from the standpipes, firefighters stretched hoses up the building's stairwells to help fight the fire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They proposed adding more standpipes to the first stage and using baffled injectors in the second stage. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Between 1996 and 2003, water production has increased by 18 percent with 81,000 new household connections and 400 standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As a result, the operator cut off water supply to standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dry standpipes are not filled with water until needed in fire fighting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rural water supply was mostly through standpipes that provided water for free. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The inhabitants had access to three water sources: piped water from household connections or public standpipes; shallow wells with handpumps; and canal water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, firefighting efforts were delayed because the tower's emergency standpipes were found to be dry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In urban areas, 75% have access to water connections in their house or yard and another 17% rely on water kiosks and standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In contrast to dry standpipes, which can be used only by firefighters, wet standpipes can be used by building occupants. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. House connections, yard connections, standpipes and handpumpes that are located within 1km are classified as what is called an improved water source. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The surroundings of standpipes were dirty and the residents did not feel responsible to maintain them, seeing this as a responsibility of the government. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Neither the municipality nor the operator was interested in seeing more standpipes being built under this dysfunctional arrangement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The unconnected households need to rely on alternatives formal or informal such as: shared standpipes or boreholes, water tankers and household resellers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The pump system provides a moderate fire fighting capability through two hose standpipes on top of the pilothouse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Guardians of standpipes are small entrepreneurs who buy water from the utility and sell it to their customers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There was widespread water rationing and public standpipes in some affected areas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other important sources of drinking water for the poor were the resale of piped water (41%), standpipes (13%) and piped water connections in their homes (28%). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Rural water systems feed mostly standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The local government, which did not receive any significant revenues from the standpipes, did not pay the water company for the water supply to the standpipes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Much of the city used to rely upon communal standpipes, which were often shut down, depriving some neighbourhoods of safe drinking water for indefinite periods of time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gravitation water from standpipes in centre and back of square, from 2 to distant. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. About 52 percent of the population receives private water service, 23 percent uses public standpipes, and 23 percent use rain water catchments, private springs, streams or ponds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They include: household connection; public standpipe; bore hole; protected dug well; protected spring; or rainwater collection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are certainly unable to use a standpipe if that alternative should be suggested. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we need is transitional sites with four things: privacy, a standpipe for water, a lavatory and a skip for rubbish, and nothing else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A water standpipe is within the area of the prohibition, which will continue until the roadworks are completed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most caravans these days have plumbed-in water: their residents no longer go to a standpipe in the middle of the field. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be one more standpipe year, and there will be little tourist industry left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a standpipe for drinking water within 25 yards of the school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In these situations the undertaker would be required to provide a supply of water by alternative means, usually by standpipe or tanker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are no sanitary facilities, which is the worst feature of the case, and water is carried in containers in an old pram from a standpipe about 600 yards away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During a year in which many areas suffered a worse drought than in 1976, not one person had to be supplied by a standpipe and there were no rota cuts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were doing their ablutions brushing their teeth and washing themselves at a standpipe that the local authority had erected at the side of that squatters camp. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About half the population does not have access to an improved water source, defined as a protected well, standpipe or a handpump within 1 km. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Standpipe services, which are common for the urban poor, are typically free. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The 179ft m tower was built to disguise a 6ft m diameter, 130ft m tall standpipe in its interior. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A water tower and standpipe for steam locomotives is also located at the station. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fire fighters often bring hoses in with them and attach them to standpipe outlets located along the pipe throughout the structure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Facilities were poor, with one standpipe supporting up to 100 people. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Inside was a 138 foot (42 m) high standpipe to hold water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The entrained solids are captured and sent back to the base of the riser through a vertical standpipe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The standpipe helped to control the dangerous surges in the city's pipes caused by the reciprocating pumps and maintain an even water pressure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1912, the water tower was decommissioned, and its standpipe and internal spiral staircase were removed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Within the context of a building or bridge, a standpipe serves the same purpose as a fire hydrant. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The standpipe is then sunk into the hydrant, and the hose is connected to the exposed ends of the standpipe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A dry hydrant is analogous to a standpipe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In a few cases, standpipe management has been entrusted to a "gardien/grant", who operates the faucet and charges users. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Water was pumped from artesian wells, and stored in a standpipe which was located on the east part of town. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The standpipe itself consists of steel plates riveted one outside the other. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In some places, the term standpipe is used interchangeably to refer to a water tower, especially one with tall and narrow proportions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The tower sustained major damage because firefighting efforts were hampered by non-working automatic sprinkler and standpipe systems. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are internal and external stairways with a standpipe and sprinkler system throughout, only fed with water by an engine during training. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ground water conditions are determined from water level in boreholes and the use of standpipe, hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic piezometers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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