| 词汇 | aqueduct |
| 释义 | aqueduct noun[ C ] uk /ˈæk.wə.dʌkt/ us /ˈæk.wə.dʌkt/ a structure for carrying water across land, especially one like a high bridge with many arches that carries pipes or a canal across a valley（尤指跨越山谷的多拱的）高架渠，渡槽 Education Images/Universal Images Group/GettyImages Bridges abutment airbridge bridge cofferdam drawbridge flyover footbridge grade separation humpback bridge jetty overpass pier pontoon rope bridge span suspension bridge swing bridge toll bridge unbridged viaduct About 4,000 years ago people started building special pipes called aqueducts to bring water to their homes. Thanks to aqueducts, there was plenty of water. aqueduct | American Dictionaryaqueduct noun[ C ] us/ˈæk·wəˌdʌkt/ a structure like a bridge for carrying water across land in pipes or an open channel Examples of aqueductaqueduct Water-control features included aqueducts, drains, walled channels, dams, and a bridge. He attributed this not only to pollution of the source of abstraction but also to contamination during transportation in uncovered aqueduct channels. A plane through the fourth ventricle and the aqueduct limited the cerebellum. Drains and aqueducts shunted water above and below ground, often under plaza spaces. Then indicate an aqueduct by a series of arches made of wood and also washed over with cement. So the other sages said, we are sorry, the law is not determined by the way the water flows in an aqueduct. This difficult relationship helped to consolidate two traditional tools for mass control and the prevention of disorder, namely public works (schools, roads, aqueducts, shipways etc.) and government subsidies. That in its turn created the need for the police to guard the exposed parts of the aqueduct. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Water can of course be carried across watersheds in aqueducts or similar devices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And you say an aqueduct is going along within some three or four hundred feet of that well? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the aqueduct should in any place cause the well to dry up, would yon be prepared to find some other supply for the farm? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot take too much; the aqueduct capacity will not be there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This includes storage reservoirs and water treatment plant as well as aqueducts and water mains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no shortage of water there, and no immediate need for large-scale, high-powered research and major developments with reservoirs and aqueducts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it does not comprise only a clam; it also includes ancillary works, like the aqueduct, the intake tower and the treatment works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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