| 单词 | river engineering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver engineering river engineering n. the branch of civil engineering concerned with the improvement and control of rivers. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > [noun] > branches of waterwork?a1560 civil engineeringc1770 water engineering1787 millwrighting1821 engineering science1826 hydraulic engineering1835 river engineering1842 structural engineering1859 industrial engineering1860 chemical engineering1861 sanitary engineering1868 biological engineering1898 control engineering1914 radio engineering1915 environmental engineering1946 systems engineering1946 bioengineering1950 value engineering1959 biomedical engineering1961 geoengineering1962 macro-engineering1964 microengineering1964 terotechnology1970 hydroengineering1971 civil1975 mechatronics1976 knowledge engineering1977 1842 Sat. Mag. 17 Sept. 105/2 Unless these unfavourable features can be removed by successful river-engineering, the navigation of the Danube will always be attended with many disadvantages and delays. 1882 L. F. Vernon-Harcourt Rivers & Canals I. p. v In preparing a course of lectures on ‘River and Canal Engineering’..it appeared to me that a book might be useful. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XI. 585/1 Technical knowledge is inadequate to explain fully the relationship between stream form and valley slope, but it is necessary in river engineering to recognize it. 1998 Eng. Nature Mag. May 6/1 Habitat loss, including river engineering and dredging works, is thought to make the vole more vulnerable to attack by wild mink. < as lemmas |
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