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

aqueduct

/ˈakwɪdʌkt

noun

1A bridge or viaduct carrying a waterway over a valley or other gap.There is also a visitor centre and beautiful walks next to the River Avon and under the aqueduct carrying the Union Canal....

With local labour and resources, a two and a half kilometre canal, the seguia, was built of reinforced concrete, with a stone aqueduct over the valley that can also carry pedestrians.
At one point, the track ran alongside an aqueduct on a bridge over a road.

1.1An artificial channel for conveying water.It seems likely, judging from the sediments in the water channels, that the aqueduct went on supplying water to Nîmes until the early medieval period....

Even today, residents of desert outposts like Khotan and Korla live as they have for centuries, funneling precious water in ancient aqueducts to fields bursting with grapes and apricots.
You see, this young engineer Attilus builds a great aqueduct to bring water from the slopes of Vesuvius sixty miles to Pompeii and other towns on the Bay of Naples.

Synonyms

conduit, race, channel, watercourse, waterway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway;

bridge, viaduct

2 Anatomy A small duct in the body containing fluid.The tumor measured 64 x 35 x 27 mm and extended from the aqueduct to the Cl level of the spinal cord....

The root fibers arising from the trochlear nuclei form a decussation dorsal to the mesencephalic aqueduct, and they are the only cranial nerves that cross completely and that leave the dorsal aspect of the brain stem.
From the lateral ventricles CSF drains into the central third ventricle, and thence through the aqueduct in the midbrain into the fourth ventricle.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from obsolete French (now aqueduc), from Latin aquae ductus 'conduit', from aqua 'water' + ducere 'to lead'.

单词	aqueduct
释义	aqueduct /ˈakwɪdʌkt / noun 1A bridge or viaduct carrying a waterway over a valley or other gap.There is also a visitor centre and beautiful walks next to the River Avon and under the aqueduct carrying the Union Canal.... With local labour and resources, a two and a half kilometre canal, the seguia, was built of reinforced concrete, with a stone aqueduct over the valley that can also carry pedestrians. At one point, the track ran alongside an aqueduct on a bridge over a road. 1.1An artificial channel for conveying water.It seems likely, judging from the sediments in the water channels, that the aqueduct went on supplying water to Nîmes until the early medieval period.... Even today, residents of desert outposts like Khotan and Korla live as they have for centuries, funneling precious water in ancient aqueducts to fields bursting with grapes and apricots. You see, this young engineer Attilus builds a great aqueduct to bring water from the slopes of Vesuvius sixty miles to Pompeii and other towns on the Bay of Naples. Synonyms conduit, race, channel, watercourse, waterway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway; bridge, viaduct 2 Anatomy A small duct in the body containing fluid.The tumor measured 64 x 35 x 27 mm and extended from the aqueduct to the Cl level of the spinal cord.... The root fibers arising from the trochlear nuclei form a decussation dorsal to the mesencephalic aqueduct, and they are the only cranial nerves that cross completely and that leave the dorsal aspect of the brain stem. From the lateral ventricles CSF drains into the central third ventricle, and thence through the aqueduct in the midbrain into the fourth ventricle. Origin Mid 16th century: from obsolete French (now aqueduc), from Latin aquae ductus 'conduit', from aqua 'water' + ducere 'to lead'.
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