| 单词 | artesian well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasartesian well artesian well n. a well bored perpendicularly into water-bearing strata lying at an angle, so that natural pressure gives rise to a constant supply of water with little or no pumping; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well water piteOE wellOE pitOE pulkc1300 draw-wellc1410 draught-wellc1440 winchc1440 brine-well1594 salt spring1601 sump1680 pump well1699 spout-well1710 sump hole1754 pit-well1756 sink1804 bucket-well1813 artesian well1829 shallow well1877 dip-well1894 garland-well1897 village pump1925 1829 Times 27 Mar. 3/5 An Artesian well has been bored in the Duke of Northumberland's grounds, at Sion. 1841 R. W. Emerson Misc. 160 Here comes by a great inquisitor with auger and plumb-line, and will bore an Artesian well through our conventions and theories, and pierce to the core of things. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 33 The fountains in Trafalgar Square are fed with water from an Artesian well. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West ii. vi. 103 Long-staple Acala cotton was about to be introduced, and more powerful pumps and artesian wells would soon inaugurate the era of large-scale irrigated farming. < as lemmas |
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