aqueductn.

/ˈakwɪdʌkt/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s aquæduct, aquaduct.

Etymology: < Latin aquaeductus, aquae ductus, ductus aquae, conveyance of water, < ducĕre to lead, bring. Compare French aquéduc.

a. An artificial channel for the conveyance of water from place to place; a conduit; esp. an elevated structure of masonry used for this purpose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water

water leatOE

water lade1224

leat1279

watergang1293

sow1316

trough1398

wissinga1400

lanec1420

waterway1431

water leasow1440

watercoursea1450

fleam1523

lead1541

cut1548

aqueducta1552

lake1559

strand1565

race1570

channel1581

watergauge1597

gout1598

server1610

carriage1669

runnel1669

aquage1706

shoot1707

tewel1725

run1761

penstock1763

hulve1764

way-gang1766

culvert1774

flume1784

shute1790

pentrough1793

raceway1793

water carriage1793

carrier1794

conductor1796

water carrier1827

penchute1875

chute1878

by-cut1883

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 59 At the place of the Midle meetinge..of these Streets, is an Aquæduct.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. i. i. 307 That Segouian Aqueduct in Spaine,..vpon three rowes of pillars, one aboue another, convaying sweet water to euery house.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 51 The charge of aquaducts or publike conduits.

1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 23 Oct. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 493 The Claudian aqueduct..looks like a long procession, striding across the Campagna.

b. transferred or figurative.

ΚΠ

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 32 Preaching is the Christall aquaeduct that conveighs the water of Life to us.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) iii. 94 The poets were apt to fill their urns chiefly from the classical aqueducts of antiquity.

1875 L. H. Grindon Life (new ed.) vi Looking at the clouds merely as aqueducts.

2. The similar structure by which a canal is carried over a river, etc. (Also called aqueduct-bridge.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > other structures in canals

overfall1764

aqueduct1791

tail-cut1791

waste-weir1793

boatlift1839

berm-bank1854

tail-bay1856

1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 296 One of the most remarkable curiosities upon this magnificent canal is the aqueduct bridge of Cesse.

1842 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 204 ‘Aqueducts’ are frequently employed on a canal for the purpose of carrying it over rivers.

3. Physiology. Name given to several small canals, chiefly in the head of mammals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > [noun] > vessel

waya1382

vessel1398

vas1578

watercourse1615

aqueduct1712

path1904

1712 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 108 The boney part of the Aqueduct.

1719 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 890 The Aqueduct ['s]..Use is to receive the superfluous Moisture from the Cavitas Tympani.

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 66 The facial nerve..traversing in its way a canal termed the Aqueduct of Fallopius.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	aqueduct
释义	aqueductn. /ˈakwɪdʌkt/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s aquæduct, aquaduct. Etymology: < Latin aquaeductus, aquae ductus, ductus aquae, conveyance of water, < ducĕre to lead, bring. Compare French aquéduc. 1. a. An artificial channel for the conveyance of water from place to place; a conduit; esp. an elevated structure of masonry used for this purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water water leatOE water lade1224 leat1279 watergang1293 sow1316 trough1398 wissinga1400 lanec1420 waterway1431 water leasow1440 watercoursea1450 fleam1523 lead1541 cut1548 aqueducta1552 lake1559 strand1565 race1570 channel1581 watergauge1597 gout1598 server1610 carriage1669 runnel1669 aquage1706 shoot1707 tewel1725 run1761 penstock1763 hulve1764 way-gang1766 culvert1774 flume1784 shute1790 pentrough1793 raceway1793 water carriage1793 carrier1794 conductor1796 water carrier1827 penchute1875 chute1878 by-cut1883 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 59 At the place of the Midle meetinge..of these Streets, is an Aquæduct. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. i. i. 307 That Segouian Aqueduct in Spaine,..vpon three rowes of pillars, one aboue another, convaying sweet water to euery house. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 51 The charge of aquaducts or publike conduits. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 23 Oct. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) vi. 493 The Claudian aqueduct..looks like a long procession, striding across the Campagna. b. transferred or figurative. ΚΠ 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 32 Preaching is the Christall aquaeduct that conveighs the water of Life to us. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) iii. 94 The poets were apt to fill their urns chiefly from the classical aqueducts of antiquity. 1875 L. H. Grindon Life (new ed.) vi Looking at the clouds merely as aqueducts. 2. The similar structure by which a canal is carried over a river, etc. (Also called aqueduct-bridge.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > other structures in canals overfall1764 aqueduct1791 tail-cut1791 waste-weir1793 boatlift1839 berm-bank1854 tail-bay1856 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 296 One of the most remarkable curiosities upon this magnificent canal is the aqueduct bridge of Cesse. 1842 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 204 ‘Aqueducts’ are frequently employed on a canal for the purpose of carrying it over rivers. 3. Physiology. Name given to several small canals, chiefly in the head of mammals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > [noun] > vessel waya1382 vessel1398 vas1578 watercourse1615 aqueduct1712 path1904 1712 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 108 The boney part of the Aqueduct. 1719 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 890 The Aqueduct ['s]..Use is to receive the superfluous Moisture from the Cavitas Tympani. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 66 The facial nerve..traversing in its way a canal termed the Aqueduct of Fallopius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1552
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