cistern
英 ['sɪstən]
美['sɪstɚn]
- n. 水箱；水池；贮水器
词态变化
复数: cisterns;
中文词源
cistern 贮水箱
来自拉丁语cista,箱子，盒子，词源同chest.
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The cistern is empty but soon fills again.
- 蓄水池里现在没水,但不久就会储满水的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The lavatory cistern overflowed.
- 厕所水箱的水溢出来了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. In final analysis, I am simply a cistern regularly filled, regularly drained.
- 归根结底, 我不过是一个蓄水池,定时装满, 又定时排空.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Fixed cistern barometers are used as a standard for checking aneroid barometers.
- 固定槽式气压计可以作为标准件去检验无液气压计.
来自辞典例句
- 5. We'll go over to that cistern and case it by moonlight.
- 咱们到水池去一趟,趁着月光作一番探索.
来自辞典例句