英语词汇“water footprint”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

water footprint n. the water consumption of a business, person, etc., esp. with regard to its environmental impact; cf. footprint n. 8.In the United States often expressed in acre-feet (see acre-foot n. at acre n. Compounds 1).

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2002 Built Environment 28 106/2 The water ‘footprint’ of the cities keeps growing in the long-term, even if at a slower pace than in the past.

2004 Land Lett. (Nexis) 8 Jan. If the water footprint of the project was reduced from 10,000 acre-feet, the amount in the current proposal, to 3,400 acre-feet, farmers would still have enough water to irrigate their crops and orchards.

2008 Independent 21 Apr. 14/4 The concept of water footprints—or ‘virtual water’—will tell consumers the amount of precious H₂O that has been used in the manufacture of products they buy.

2010 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 4/1 Major supermarket chains are already understood to be considering how to reduce their ‘water footprint’.

单词	water footprint
释义	> as lemmas water footprint water footprint n. the water consumption of a business, person, etc., esp. with regard to its environmental impact; cf. footprint n. 8.In the United States often expressed in acre-feet (see acre-foot n. at acre n. Compounds 1). ΚΠ 2002 Built Environment 28 106/2 The water ‘footprint’ of the cities keeps growing in the long-term, even if at a slower pace than in the past. 2004 Land Lett. (Nexis) 8 Jan. If the water footprint of the project was reduced from 10,000 acre-feet, the amount in the current proposal, to 3,400 acre-feet, farmers would still have enough water to irrigate their crops and orchards. 2008 Independent 21 Apr. 14/4 The concept of water footprints—or ‘virtual water’—will tell consumers the amount of precious H₂O that has been used in the manufacture of products they buy. 2010 Daily Tel. 16 Sept. 4/1 Major supermarket chains are already understood to be considering how to reduce their ‘water footprint’. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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