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

turkey nest

(also turkey nest dam or turkey nest tank)

noun Australian

A reservoir built in flat country that has a high embankment of earth around it: he climbed to the top of the turkey nest. The water was down about three feet from the overflow...

There has already been a good deal of land clearing, track building, the formation of a Turkey Nest dam and extensive drilling for water.
A turkey-nest type dam can be cost-effectively built on flat ground, requiring no natural topographical depression or valley.
The cook wanders up to the top of the turkeys nest, and sits in amongst the grass, and enjoys the weak warmth of the morning sun.

Origin

1940s: from its resemblance to the nest constructed by the Australian brush turkey.

单词	turkey nest
释义	turkey nest (also turkey nest dam or turkey nest tank) noun Australian A reservoir built in flat country that has a high embankment of earth around it: he climbed to the top of the turkey nest. The water was down about three feet from the overflow... There has already been a good deal of land clearing, track building, the formation of a Turkey Nest dam and extensive drilling for water. A turkey-nest type dam can be cost-effectively built on flat ground, requiring no natural topographical depression or valley. The cook wanders up to the top of the turkeys nest, and sits in amongst the grass, and enjoys the weak warmth of the morning sun. Origin 1940s: from its resemblance to the nest constructed by the Australian brush turkey.
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