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单词 impounding
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imˈpounding
imˈpounding n. and adj. (as impounding reservoir, a reservoir whose function is to store sufficient water to ensure an uninterrupted supply in times of relative drought).
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > impounding of stray cattle
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parcage1449
pinnage1552
impounding1554
poundage1554
poindage1576
the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir
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conservera1614
reserver1615
conservatory1626
tank1634
reservatory1666
reservoir1686
kund1837
impounding reservoir1875
catch basin1884
spring box1887
tank1898
1554 Act 1 & 2 Philip & Mary c. 12 Preamble Disorder in taking of Distresses and impoundyng of Cattayle.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Parchage, impoundage, or an impounding.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 225/1 With but little artificial addition, Loch Katrine, Loch Venachar, and Loch Drunkie were converted into impounding reservoirs, the first for the supply of the city, and the two latter for compensation.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 June 1/3 A warning note as to the safety of the impounding reservoirs in this country.
1893 J. H. T. Turner & A. W. Brightmore Princ. Waterworks Engin. iv. 172 The first-mentioned requirement is satisfied by the formation of ‘impounding-reservoirs’, the office of which is to gather the irregular natural yield of surface-water, in order that it may be supplied at a uniform rate; the second is met by the construction of ‘service-reservoirs’, tanks and cisterns, from which water is distributed as required by the hourly demands of consumers.
1954 G. M. Fair et al. Water Supply & Waste-water Disposal viii. 188 In the absence of adequate natural storage, engineers resort to the construction of impounding reservoirs, or, more rarely, to the excavation of storage basins.
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