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单词 waterwheel
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wa•ter•wheel  (wô′tər hwēl′, -wēl′, wot′ər-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mechanical Engineeringa wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.
  2. Mechanical Engineeringa wheel with buckets for raising or drawing water, as a noria.
  3. the paddle wheel of a steamboat. Also, wa′ter wheel′. 
  • 1375–1425; late Middle English; see water, wheel

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ˈwa•ter ˌwheel, n. [countable]
  1. Mechanical Engineeringa wheel turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
water wheel n
  1. a simple water-driven turbine consisting of a wheel having vanes set axially across its rim, used to drive machinery
  2. a wheel with buckets attached to its rim for raising water from a stream, pond, etc
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