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单词 weathertight
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Definition of weathertight in English:

weathertight

adjectiveˈwɛθətʌɪtˈweT͟Hərˌtīt
  • (of a building) sealed against rain and wind.

    the house was warm and weathertight
    the builders knew how to construct weathertight homes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In ideal conditions, a house constructed with a timber frame can be windproof and weathertight in days and completed in six to eight weeks.
    • Fiterman Hall is weathertight, with little mold.
    • It's an oldish building, but it's nice, fairly weathertight, and fits my needs.
    • The local authority undertook the works to the roof with insufficient regard for the importance of programming the completion of sections of the re-roofing to ensure that the roof was at all times weathertight.
    • Hence, an architect's most fundamental charge is to design a weathertight building.
    • Instead, that $100 million the Government is spending on the weathertight homes bureaucracy is, according to the Government, to provide a quick and speedy resolution to the problem of rotting homes.
 
 

Definition of weathertight in US English:

weathertight

adjectiveˈweT͟Hərˌtīt
  • (of a building) sealed against rain and wind.

    the house was warm and weathertight
    the builders knew how to construct weathertight homes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In ideal conditions, a house constructed with a timber frame can be windproof and weathertight in days and completed in six to eight weeks.
    • Fiterman Hall is weathertight, with little mold.
    • Hence, an architect's most fundamental charge is to design a weathertight building.
    • Instead, that $100 million the Government is spending on the weathertight homes bureaucracy is, according to the Government, to provide a quick and speedy resolution to the problem of rotting homes.
    • It's an oldish building, but it's nice, fairly weathertight, and fits my needs.
    • The local authority undertook the works to the roof with insufficient regard for the importance of programming the completion of sections of the re-roofing to ensure that the roof was at all times weathertight.
 
 
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