释义 |
ar·te·sian \(ˈ)är|tēzhən, (ˈ)ȧ|-\ adjective Etymology: French artésien, literally, of Artois, from Old French, from Arteis Artois, region of northern France + Old French -ien -ian; from the wells of this type bored in Artois in the 18th century : involving, relating to, or supplied by the upward movement of water under hydrostatic pressure in rocks or unconsolidated material beneath the earth's surface < artesian spring > < artesian water > < artesian pressure > — distinguished from subartesian |