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aqueducts

美['ækwə.dʌkt],英['ækwɪ.dʌkt],

释义

n. 渡槽;渠道;【解】导管; 网络释义: 沟渠;导水管;

例句

The aqueducts which had supplied the city with water for more than 1000 years were allowed to become obstructed and fall into disrepair.
城市供水之用的沟渠一千多年来,变成了一种阻塞,并且陷入失修。
The great wharves and warehouses were alternately compared to the pyramids of Egypt , the aqueducts of Rome and the engravings of Piranesi .
巨大的码头和仓库被比喻成埃及的金字塔或者罗马的高架渠,或者是皮拉内西的版画。
He was a great engineer and built tunnels and aqueducts for the water supply for Jerusalem.
他是一位伟大的工程师,他为耶路撒冷修筑渠道和导水道。
Aqueducts were large, elevated stone "canals" through which water from nearby hills and mountains was channeled into the city.
水渠是石筑的大型高架沟槽,附近高山与丘陵中的水由此被引导至城市之中。
These canals are frequently excavated through rock , and require tunnels, flumes, syphons, aqueducts and open concrete-lined channels .
这些水渠往往要凿通岩石,并需要地道、引水沟、弯管、渡漕和混凝土水道。
Towers are the mountains, aqueducts the rivers, with only spotty parks and gardens to serve as meager forests.
在拉尼卡,高塔为山,沟渠为河,只有零星可见的公园与花园勉强算是片贫弱的森林。
Aqueducts allowed cities to grow much larger by significantly increasing the amount of available water.
由于引水渠给城市提供了大量的水,人口数量和城市的大扩展成为可能。
Remnants of its 74 stone locks, as well as brick aqueducts that brought it water from the river, remain.
运河原有的74座石砌船闸的现存部分和砌石渡槽仍从河流中向其中引入水。
And all along the way, aqueducts branch off to supply cities from Salt Lake City and Denver to Phoenix and Los Angeles.
一条条的水渠沿着整条河流分散开为从盐湖城到丹佛,菲尼克斯在到洛杉矶的许多城市提供着用水。
Even our water systems were inspired by a feat of ancient Roman architecture, the aqueducts.
甚至是我们现在的水利系统也是受到古罗马建筑的启发。

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