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　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSCET4TEM8

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

柯林斯词典

• 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

英英释义

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

双语例句

• It was applied in certain block of Wendong low-permeability sandstone reservoir.
  应用本方法对文东低渗砂岩油藏某区块进行了模拟研究。
• The reservoir is just on the side of the hill.
  隔开一座山就是一个水库。
• A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.
  雇了一个承包商抽干水库的水，挖掉一个区域的泥土后再用黏土填上。
• Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir
  急流涌入了水库。
• We visited the power station lying south of the reservoir.
  我们访问了水库南边的电站。
• A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
  水库存了大量的水。
• The reservoir will soon be completed.
  水库不久就能完工。
• Various kinds of fish are being bred in the reservoir.
  水库里放养了许多种鱼。
• We celebrated the construction of the reservoir.
  我们庆祝水库的建成。
• 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。