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单词 reservoir
释义
reservoir
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrez.ə.vwɑːr/us
/ˈrez.ɚ.vwɑːr/
aplaceforstoringliquid,especiallyanaturalorartificiallakeprovidingwaterfor acityor otherarea
水库；蓄水池
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alargesupplyof something:
储备；储藏；宝库
Theuniversitiesconstitutea reservoirofexpertknowledge.大学是专业知识的宝库。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inland waters
  • body
  • catchment area
  • crater lake
  • fiord
  • fjord
  • L, l
  • lake
  • Lake Baikal
  • loch
  • lough
  • millpond
  • oxbow lake
  • pond
  • pool
  • ribbon lake
  • slop
  • stretch
  • tank
  • tarn
  • the Great Lakes
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Masses and large amounts of things
(Definition ofreservoirfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

reservoir| American Dictionary

reservoir
noun[C]
us
/ˈrez·ərˌvwɑr,-ˌvwɔr/
anaturalorartificiallakeforstoringandsupplyingwaterfor anarea
A reservoir is also alargesupplyof something that could be used ifneeded:
There’s atremendousreservoir ofgoodwillout there.
(Definition ofreservoirfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreservoir

reservoir
The category ' without vegetation ' presents the reservoirs which were created from the old pond by removing the bottom and eliminating the littoral zone.
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Domestic intermediate hosts (cattle, sheep, goats and buffaloes) are major reservoirs for the disease in humans.
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Both sub-types of virus are thought to be able to persist in equine populations, and do not require wildlife or other reservoirs.
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Firstly, elimination of regional reservoirs of infection through control at the national level, as described above.
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Increased erosion also reduces the life of reservoirs, makes additional water treatment necessary and creates greater sludge disposal problems.
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Fish then accumulate in reservoirs from which they were caught using drop nets with a mesh size of 15 mm diameter.
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Failure to exploit fish serving as reservoirs for larval sealworms may lead to increasing abundance of the parasite in the surviving fish stocks.
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Note that a similar formulation has been introduced [3] to study a homogenous dam supplied by two reservoirs each containing two immiscible fluids.
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The use of helminthological data for estimating the state of water reservoirs.
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Such a situation can occur in reservoirs when water entering the dam first sinks to its neutrally buoyant level and then spreads laterally.
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In contrast, reducing fragmentation can increase the number of infectious contacts - both among endangered species and also with host reservoirs such as domestic livestock.
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The recognition of stress-sensitivity of fractured reservoirs raises many challenges in terms of modelling (simulation) of flow and management of hydrocarbon recovery.
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The changing epidemiology of pertussis in young infants : the role of adults as reservoirs of infection.
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Other previously unexplored environmental reservoirs should, therefore, be considered.
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Evaluating evidence for top-down regulation of zoonotic disease reservoirs.
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Collocationswithreservoir

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enormous reservoir
In aggregate, though, they represent an enormous reservoir of potential cash, which could go towards charities, if unlocked.
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huge reservoir
There is ahugereservoirof tacit, even subversive, knowledge embodied within the practice of volunteers, which needs to be protected.
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large reservoir
The third planetary explosion mechanism holds the potential for an indefinitelylargereservoirof energy for exploding even massive planets and stars.
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