| 单词 | water engineering |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater engineering water engineering n. the branch of civil engineering concerned with the construction of canals, reservoirs, embankments, aqueducts, water-supply infrastructure, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > [noun] > branches of waterwork?a1560 civil engineeringc1770 water engineering1787 millwrighting1821 engineering science1826 hydraulic engineering1835 river engineering1842 structural engineering1859 industrial engineering1860 chemical engineering1861 sanitary engineering1868 biological engineering1898 control engineering1914 radio engineering1915 environmental engineering1946 systems engineering1946 bioengineering1950 value engineering1959 biomedical engineering1961 geoengineering1962 macro-engineering1964 microengineering1964 terotechnology1970 hydroengineering1971 civil1975 mechatronics1976 knowledge engineering1977 1787 Daily Universal Reg. 14 Apr. This seems the age of inland navigation and water engineering. 1850 Artizan May 97/1 The hydraulic works of the ancients for supplying towns with water..show that they understood water engineering in a general practical way very well. 1908 W. M. Ramsay Luke v. 191 Irrigation has never ceased and is still practised in certain districts, so that the essential principles of water-engineering have not been wholly forgotten. 2000 Thames Water Ann. Rep. & Accts. 14/2 Our exhibition at the Millennium Dome encourages young people to consider careers in water engineering. < as lemmas |
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