释义 |
culvertcul‧vert /ˈkʌlvət $ -ərt/ noun [countable] - A smaller culvert, 30 metres in length, crosses beneath Lasswade Road.
- He opened the throttle, blasting the motor cycle broadside into the culvert.
- He remembers when the same spot washed out in 1950, but then the old culverts remained in place.
- He was about to take her arm and help her into the culvert but she neither needed nor wanted his help.
- Later I discovered she was only pointing to an overflow culvert.
- New culverts likely will have to be placed in a new location, Douglas said.
- She laughed a little because there was no room for his elbows, it was like making love inside a culvert.
- We came to this road, there was a culvert there, we crawled through there and went up the hill.
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