| 单词 | well-cistern |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell-cistern well-cistern n. a cistern fed by a spring. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir > cistern cisternessea1325 cistern1382 spurgelc1450 sestern1534 vault1552 reservoir1728 impluvium1823 well-cistern1869 feed-tank1886 1869 Illustr. London News 9 Jan. 21/3 A well-cistern is attached beneath the tank, through which the water passes to the filters. 1898 Dublin Rev. July 150 A well-cistern of clear spring water. 1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism II. xi. 289 To judge from the company round the well-cisterns..it [sc. Cana of Galilee] was at the time a happy neighbourhood. 2010 E. Eulisse in G. Holst-Warhaft & T. Steenhuis Losing Paradise iii. 55 The well-cisterns of Athens and Corinth also demonstrate similarities to the sacred wells of Sardina. < as lemmas |
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