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单词 pond
释义
pond
(pɒnd )
Word forms: ponds
1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] B2
A pond is a small area of water that is smaller than a lake. Ponds are often made artificially.
She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.
...a garden pond.
2. singular noun
People sometimes refer to the Atlantic Ocean as the pond. [mainly journalism]
Usually, the presentation is made on the other side of the pond.
Tourist numbers from across the pond have dropped dramatically.
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Idioms:
a big fish in a small pond
one of the most important and influential people in a small organization or social group. In American English, you can also talk about a big frog in a small pond.
In Rhodesia I was a big fish in a small pond. But here there'd be many lean years before I built up a reputation.
Collocations:
retention pond
The original building footprint was not needed for new building construction, but was slated only as parking and a retention pond.
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The lagoon functions as bio-swale/retention pond connected to several adjacent creaks.
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In 2007, water breached a retention pond, overflowing back into the pit.
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The land was cleared, the road and storm retention pond were constructed, but lots were never plated.
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The college also has a water retention pond beneath its soccer field, collecting run-off from the adjacent parking lot.
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shallow pond
During periods where the well floods, water flows out onto the park forming a shallow pond area adjacent to the well building.
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Upon reaching the tunnel's exit, the runaway railway vehicle finally drops into a shallow pond, thus spilling out its passengers.
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The siltstones and mudstones represent crevasse splay, overbank and shallow pond environments.
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The money was used to create a stone and cement rest house, a fountain, a shallow pond, a gravel walk, and flower beds.
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This in turn created a shallow pond and helped re-establish a part of the marsh.
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stagnant pond
This was no subtle shift, more like chucking a rock into a stagnant pond.
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He would then be left to float on a stagnant pond or be exposed to the sun.
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Their water supply, from stagnant ponds in drying rivers, has become undrinkable.
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Two small red dragonflies are flying about near slow-flowing streams and stagnant ponds.
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The situation was exacerbated by the tsunami in 2004, which flooded many inland areas, retreating to leave behind stagnant ponds and lakes: perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
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storage pond
Water flowed from the upper storage pond over the water wheel to drive the mill.
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It was driven by a 9.1 m diameter waterwheel driven from the upper storage pond.
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The steam engine recycled the water up from the lower storage pond to the upper storage pond.
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One of the open-waste storage ponds contains significant quantities of plutonium.
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Those include storage ponds for plutonium and other forms of nuclear waste that were deposited in the 1950s and 1960s with little regard for the future.
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swimming pond
A five-bedroom period home with 2.3 acres, it has a tennis court, natural swimming pond and one-bedroom chalet.
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Secluded and sylvan, her garden has a two-storey oak-framed building, soft roses and peonies and a natural swimming pond.
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A gate in the wall opens to a swimming pond with circular island and submerged boardwalk.
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It started life as natural swimming pond, so the water was filtered naturally through the design and planting.
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If you want to go one step further and combine good taste with the greenest of green technology, then it's got to be a swimming pond, or natural pool.
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wildlife pond
Is it a wildlife pond or a swimming pool fit for a pop star?
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The centre will be used by more than 10,000 schoolchildren a year, as will the adjoining teaching garden and wildlife pond.
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The house has three bedrooms, quarry-tile flooring, a ¾-acre garden with decking overlooking a wildlife pond, and a summerhouse.
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The wildlife pond has a bird hide that doubles as a sauna - perfect for cold nights.
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Seven years ago he dug a wildlife pond with his own hands.
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