单词 | aquifer |
释义 | aquifern. Geology. A water-bearing or aquiferous stratum. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > water-bearing bibbles1747 water stone1769 aquifer1901 1901 Science 22 Nov. 794/1 The artesian system shows four or five aquifers, or water-bearing strata, more or less completely separated from one another. 1939 Nature 12 Aug. 274/2 The limestones are important aquifers for artesian and subartesian water. 1962 Engineering 9 Mar. 332 The whole system of aquifer storage can be likened to a U-gauge with one open limb and a short closed limb. 1966 Listener 1 Sept. 309/2 There are only two methods of [water] storage: in surface reservoirs and in the aquifers from which we pump a part of our supplies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1901 |
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