| 单词 | water conservation |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater conservation water conservation n. ΚΠ 1983 V. Heinlein in R. A. Heinlein & V. Heinlein Grumbles from Grave (1990) xii. 200 The first warning we had was about water conservation—the showers had ‘minutieres’ on them, to time the flow of water. 1985 Cambr. Encycl. Life Sci. ii. 85/1 In lizards, and some birds, urine from the kidney is relatively dilute, and water conservation is effected instead in a region called the cloaca at the end of the collecting duct. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 July 41/1 Contracted services will include conducting water audits and installing water-conservation devices in about 150,000 homes throughout the state's southeast for two years. < as lemmas |
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