单词 | catchment |
释义 | catchment (once / 39267 pages) n WORD FAMILY catchment: catchments+/catch: catched, catcher, catches, catching, catchment, catchy, caught/catcher: catchers/catching: catchingly, catchings/catchy: catchier, catchiest, catchily USAGE EXAMPLESQuicker journeys will increase the catchment area for job-seekers prepared to travel to work. Economist(Sep 29, 2016) Green Alliance wants flood managements and prevention given to regional-scale catchment boards. BBC(Nov 27, 2016) They support the fashionable idea of catching water in the uplands to prevent floods lower down the catchment, as demonstrated in Pickering in Yorkshire. BBC(Nov 01, 2016) n a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) Hyper construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts |
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