| 单词 | water conduit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater conduit water conduit n. [originally after classical Latin aquaeductus aqueduct n.] ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings xviii. 38 Þe fijr of þe lord fil & uowrede þe brente sacrifice..& þe watir þat was in þe watir condute [a1425 Corpus Oxf. water cundid; L.V. leding of water; L. aquaeductu] lickynge. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1186/1 Not forgetting to make a water-conduit for the ease of washing. a1636 T. Westcote View Devonshire 1630 (1845) 139 The umbril of the city where standeth a great water conduit. 1807 J. Naismith Elem. Agric. ii. ii. 323 Those sods should be laid..with the face downward, leaving the water conduit below them. 2008 tr. N. Aping Final Film Laurel & Hardy iv. 65 Stan, Ollie, Antoine and Giovanni keep running, using a wooden water conduit as a slide. < as lemmas |
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