单词 | water tower |
释义 | water tower From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Civil Buildingswater towerˈwater ˌtower noun [countable]TBBTECa tall building supporting a large container of water that supplies the buildings near itExamples from the Corpuswater tower• A simple life, no one to worry about except yourself. --- Till you go and climb a water tower.• In 1876 he built a high water tower, topped for a time with a telescope.• The most distinctive land-mark in the parish is the Rimswell water tower, built in 1916 to serve South Holderness with water.• Since time immemorial, boys have climbed the water tower.• Even the water tower in Addison, a northern suburb, is bathed in blue light.• Over the deserted houses, the water tower loomed. |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含170365条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。