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词汇 reservoir
释义 reservoir
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈrez.ə.vwɑːr/ us /ˈrez.ɚ.vwɑːr/
a place for storing liquid, especially a natural or artificial lake providing water for a city or other area水库;蓄水池
 
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a large supply of something: 储备;储藏;宝库
The universities constitute a reservoir of expert knowledge.大学是专业知识的宝库。
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Inland waters
catchment area
catchment management
fiord
fjord
L, l
lake
Lake Baikal
loch
lough
oasis
oxbow lake
pool
ribbon lake
slop
stretch
tank
tarn
the Great Lakes
waterhole
waterway

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Masses and large amounts of things

reservoir | American Dictionary


reservoir
noun[ C ]
us/ˈrez·ərˌvwɑr, -ˌvwɔr/
a natural or artificial lake for storing and supplying water for an area
A reservoir is also a large supply of something that could be used if needed:
There’s a tremendous reservoir of goodwill out there.

Examples of reservoir


reservoir
The category ' without vegetation ' presents the reservoirs which were created from the old pond by removing the bottom and eliminating the littoral zone.
Domestic intermediate hosts (cattle, sheep, goats and buffaloes) are major reservoirs for the disease in humans.
Both sub-types of virus are thought to be able to persist in equine populations, and do not require wildlife or other reservoirs.
Firstly, elimination of regional reservoirs of infection through control at the national level, as described above.
Increased erosion also reduces the life of reservoirs, makes additional water treatment necessary and creates greater sludge disposal problems.
Fish then accumulate in reservoirs from which they were caught using drop nets with a mesh size of 15 mm diameter.
Failure to exploit fish serving as reservoirs for larval sealworms may lead to increasing abundance of the parasite in the surviving fish stocks.
Note that a similar formulation has been introduced [3] to study a homogenous dam supplied by two reservoirs each containing two immiscible fluids.
The use of helminthological data for estimating the state of water reservoirs.
Such a situation can occur in reservoirs when water entering the dam first sinks to its neutrally buoyant level and then spreads laterally.
In contrast, reducing fragmentation can increase the number of infectious contacts - both among endangered species and also with host reservoirs such as domestic livestock.
The recognition of stress-sensitivity of fractured reservoirs raises many challenges in terms of modelling (simulation) of flow and management of hydrocarbon recovery.
The changing epidemiology of pertussis in young infants : the role of adults as reservoirs of infection.
Other previously unexplored environmental reservoirs should, therefore, be considered.
Evaluating evidence for top-down regulation of zoonotic disease reservoirs.
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reservoir

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enormous reservoir
In aggregate, though, they represent an enormous reservoir of potential cash, which could go towards charities, if unlocked.
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huge reservoir
There is a hugereservoir of tacit, even subversive, knowledge embodied within the practice of volunteers, which needs to be protected.
large reservoir
The third planetary explosion mechanism holds the potential for an indefinitely largereservoir of energy for exploding even massive planets and stars.
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