reservoir

英 [ˈrezəvwɑː(r)]

美 [ˈrezərvwɑːr]

n. 水库; 蓄水池; (大量的)储备，储藏; 储液器

复数：reservoirs　

Collins.2 / BNC.5419 / COCA.5907

牛津词典

noun

水库；蓄水池
a natural or artificial lake where water is stored before it is taken by pipes to houses, etc.
（大量的）储备，储藏
a large amount of sth that is available to be used
储液器
a place in an engine or a machine where a liquid is kept before it is used

水库;蓄水池
Areservoiris a lake that is used for storing water before it is supplied to people.
N-COUNT 储藏;蓄积
Areservoir ofsomething is a large quantity of it that is available for use when needed.
1. ...the huge oil reservoir beneath the Kuwaiti desert.
  科威特沙漠下面巨大的石油储藏
2. ...the body's short-term reservoir of energy.
  身体的短期能量储备

noun

tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
lake used to store water for community use
Synonym:artificial lakeman-made lake
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
1. an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival
Synonym:source
a large or extra supply of something
1. a reservoir of talent

The masses have a vast reservoir of enthusiasm.
群众中蕴藏了极大的积极性。
A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
水库存了大量的水。
Now we have a reservoir regulating the river flow.
现在我们有一个水库来调节河水的流量。
There are special buses carrying visitors to the reservoir at the charge of twenty cents each.
有专线汽车送旅客到水库，票价2角。
The villagers piped in drinking water from the reservoir
村民用管道从水库引来饮用水。
It consists of shafts, culverts, channel and flood dam ( a small reservoir) composed of four parts.
它由竖井、暗渠、明渠和涝坝（一种小型蓄水池）四部分组成。
The reservoir is under construction.
水库正在施工。
The importance of numerical simulation in the development of hydrocarbon reservoir is emphasized.
强调了数值模拟技术在油气藏开发中的重要作用。
The reservoir has in storage about 30 million cubic metres.
这座水库贮水约3000万立方米。
Various kinds of fish are being bred in the reservoir.
水库里放养了许多种鱼。