millpond

英 [ˈmɪlpɒnd] 美 [ˈmɪlpɑːnd]

n.  (尤指旧时用于推动磨坊水车的)磨坊水池

复数:millponds

BNC.44357



牛津词典

noun

  1. (尤指旧时用于推动磨坊水车的)磨坊水池
    a small area of water used especially in the past to make the wheel of a mill turn
    1. The sea was as calm as a millpond.
      海上风平浪静。

双语例句

  1. Ducks are web-footed to help them move through the water. Drove she ducklings to the millpond, every morning just at nine. Stubbed her toe upon a splinter, fell into the foaming brine.
    鸭子脚上有蹼,便于游泳。她把鸭子赶入池中,每天早上在九点钟。她的小脚碰到木片,倾身落入水里。
  2. Development of scale-removing used in the millpond of motor vehicle
    机动车辆水箱清洗除垢剂的研制

英英释义

noun

  1. a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel