| 词汇 | example_english_drainage-system |
| 释义 | drainage systemcollocation in Englishmeanings of drainageand systemThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with drainage or system. drainage noun[U] uk /ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/ us /ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/ the system of water or waste liquids flowing away from somewhere into the ground or ... See more at drainage system noun uk /ˈsɪs.təm/ us /ˈsɪs.təm/ a set of connected things or devices that ... See more at system Examples of drainage systemThese 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. After some initial success the drainage commissioners found themselves immersed in legal wranglings with landowners and maintenance of the drainagesystem largely fell into abeyance. The use of swales is an economical and ecological drainage management strategy - significantly cheaper than the installation of a conventional piped drainagesystem. Leaching through the subsurface drainagesystem decreased soil salinity and lowered the water table. Similarly, operations and maintenance of the irrigation and drainagesystem through performance contracts awarded to the private sector is steadily progressing. An adequate subsoil drainagesystem requires sufficient water to generate enough velocity to prevent suspended matter silting drains. Owing to the nature of the soil and the light rainfall there is no general drainagesystem. Fens were massive, nineteenth-century public projects that addressed public health problems, provided building space and served as a storm drainagesystem. Tectonic controls on the development of the landscape and drainagesystem are evident. Because the urinals and toilets were all connected to running water and a drainagesystem, ventilation never became the problem that it was for the lavatory's cast-iron predecessor. Frankfurt managed to finance its main drainagesystem from the sale of town property without ever going into debt. She had built cottages, and had supplied the village with fresh water and a drainagesystem, not items of expenditure that had been a priority for her father. They also view these changes as a threat to their traditional control over the irrigation and drainagesystem in particular, and the social structure (feudal system) in general. The grass steadily grows more rank, and, in the boggy patches where the drainagesystem seems to have failed, tussocks and rushes have completely ousted the smooth sward. The reason is that the river outfalls, upon which the whole drainagesystem depends, must be kept properly covered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Almost all water gets into the drainagesystem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Naturally the district council has taken over the drainagesystem and also widened the road which passes between the cottages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a drainagesystem and no water to flush it and no water for the people to drink. 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. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of drainage Go to the definition of system See other collocations with drainage See other collocations with system |
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