reservoir
英 ['rezəvwɑ: (r)]
美 ['rɛzɚ,vɔr]
英語の語源
- reservoir (n.)
- 1680s, "a place where something tends to collect," originally figurative, from French réservoir "storehouse," from Old French reserver "to reserve" (see reserve (n.)). Specific meaning "artificial basin to collect and store a large body of water" is from 1705.
例文
- 1. This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.
- このダムはブライス川にダムを築くことによって形成された。
- 2.The villagers piped in drinking water from the reservoir .
- 村人はダムから飲用水をパイプで引いた。
- 3.The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir .
- 飛行機はヒースロー空港を離陸した後、ダムに墜落した。
- 4.Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir .
- 急流がダムに流れ込んだ。
- 5.The day was drawing near when we should have completed the reservoir .
- 私たちがダム工事を完成する日は遠くない。
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