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

culvert

/ˈkʌlvət

noun

A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway.The tanks, roads, culverts and lagoon opening have all suffered through the lack of maintenance....

Aggravating the problems is a pair of culverts through Provincial Road 205, which have been set at the wrong level.
These criminal acts will retard progress and push up costs of building the road as the demolished culverts will have to be replaced.

Synonyms

channel, conduit, watercourse, trough;

drain, gutter

verb [with object]

Channel (a stream or drain) through a culvert: we have asked for the river to be culverted (as adjective culverted) a culverted drain...

Sprawl and malls are filling in the vacant lots and woodlands where we used to play; rivers and streams are culverted, channelized, and barren; and the coasts, lakesides, and mountains are spotted with trophy homes and locked gates.
He made his report following a motion that the stream be culverted.
Or it might have happened later, when the creek was culverted and the woods cut down to make way for subdivisions and shopping malls.

Origin

Late 18th century: of unknown origin.

单词	culvert
释义	culvert /ˈkʌlvət / noun A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway.The tanks, roads, culverts and lagoon opening have all suffered through the lack of maintenance.... Aggravating the problems is a pair of culverts through Provincial Road 205, which have been set at the wrong level. These criminal acts will retard progress and push up costs of building the road as the demolished culverts will have to be replaced. Synonyms channel, conduit, watercourse, trough; drain, gutter verb [with object] Channel (a stream or drain) through a culvert: we have asked for the river to be culverted (as adjective culverted) a culverted drain... Sprawl and malls are filling in the vacant lots and woodlands where we used to play; rivers and streams are culverted, channelized, and barren; and the coasts, lakesides, and mountains are spotted with trophy homes and locked gates. He made his report following a motion that the stream be culverted. Or it might have happened later, when the creek was culverted and the woods cut down to make way for subdivisions and shopping malls. Origin Late 18th century: of unknown origin.
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