cistern
英 ['s?st?n]
美['s?st?n]
- n. 水箱；水池；貯水器
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?cisterns;
中文詞源
cistern 貯水箱
來自拉丁語cista,箱子，盒子，詞源同chest.
英文詞源
- cistern
- cistern: see chest
- cistern (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French cisterne "cistern; dungeon, underground prison" (12c., Modern French citerne), from Latin cisterna "underground reservoir for water," from cista "chest, box," from Greek kiste "box, chest" (see chest).
雙語例句
- 1. The cistern is empty but soon fills again.
- 蓄水池里現在沒水,但不久就會儲滿水的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The lavatory cistern overflowed.
- 廁所水箱的水溢出來了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In final analysis, I am simply a cistern regularly filled, regularly drained.
- 歸根結底, 我不過是一個蓄水池,定時裝滿, 又定時排空.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Fixed cistern barometers are used as a standard for checking aneroid barometers.
- 固定槽式氣壓計可以作為標準件去檢驗無液氣壓計.
來自辭典例句
- 5. We'll go over to that cistern and case it by moonlight.
- 咱們到水池去一趟,趁著月光作一番探索.
來自辭典例句