culvert

n. 涵洞, 电缆管道

发音

其它 /ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)t/

词形变化

culverts 复数 culverts culverted culverting culverts 三单 culverting 现在分词 culverted 过去式 culverted 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

v.
  1. 1.

    To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.

    不及物 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

drain drainpipe waste pipe

相关短语

Thorpe Culvert

词源

Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested: * a dialectal word, * a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor, * a derivation from French couvert (“covered”), although couvert is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is ponceau or buse de drainage, * a derivation from an unrecorded Dutch word, possibly *coul-vaart, a combination of Dutch coul-, from French couler (“to flow”), and Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”).

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