| 单词 | water-saving |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-saving water-saving n. and adj. ΚΠ 1854 Documents Assembly State of N.-Y. (77th Sess.) II. No. 63. 249 Which water power..is calculated as sufficient to drive four runs of mill stones, upon the most approved water-saving plan. 1867 Trans. Inst. Engineers Scotl. 10 207 Little difficulty would be experienced in carrying out this sanitary and water saving measure in existing houses and for new buildings. 1920 Railway Rev. 19 June 1070/1 The heat saving, water saving, and percentage of exhaust steam required by the heater for tender-water temperatures of 40 to 70 degrees. 1976 Sci. Amer. Sept. 174/1 The plant would be water-saving, that is, it would evapotranspire much less water per unit of edible product than present-day cereals. 2001 S. Roaf et al. Ecohouse (2002) x. 221 If everyone installed water-saving toilets and showerheads, we could substantially reduce domestic water consumption. < as lemmas |
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