| 单词 | waterway |
| 释义 | waterway (once / 1574 pages) n WORD FAMILY waterway: waterways USAGE EXAMPLESThe survey results showed quality of life and waterways with ocean port access were the region’s most competitive qualities for attracting new business. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Coast Guard and police vessels will patrol waterways surrounding Manhattan. Reuters(Dec 31, 2016) “These waterways belong to everyone in the community. If one specific entity is inconvenienced, it’s not a valid reason for letting pollution to occur indefinitely.” Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a navigable body of water Exp|Hypo|Hyper Cross-Florida Waterway a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee_Canal and the Caloosahatchee River Inland Passagea naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska ditch any small natural waterway mare clausum(closed sea) a navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of a single nation mare liberum(free sea) a navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access rapida part of a river where the current is very fast body of water, water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) 2n a conduit through which water flows Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper watercourse Caledonian Canal a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used Caloosahatchee Canala canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway Gota Canala canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden Panama Canala ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914) Grand Canalan inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south Grand Canalthe major waterway in Venice, Italy Suez Canala ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea Cape Cod Canala canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay Erie Canalan artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal New York State Barge Canala system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain canal long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation flumewatercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs headracea waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine tailracea watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine cuta canal made by erosion or excavation industrial watercoursea canal that is operated by one or more industries race, racewaya canal for a current of water ship canal, shipwaya canal large enough for seagoing vessels way any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another |
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