| 单词 | soak-drain |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoak-drain soak-drain n. ΚΠ 1963 Times 1 Feb. 13/7 The southern fringes of the planned settlement went first; water courses were provided with parallel soak-drains, which in their turn proved inadequate. 1970 P. Salway in C. W. Phillips Fenland in Roman Times 18 On the silts, continued occupation must have depended on keeping the system of soak-drains in operation. These drains imply sluices to let the water drain out of field and settlement ditches into the main watercourses at low tide and to prevent or control river water entering the ditches at high tide. < as lemmas |
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