leat

n. [英方]露天人工水渠

发音

其它 /liːt/

词形变化

leats 复数 leats

别名

leet

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.

相关短语

mill-leat

词源

Probably from Middle English lete (“a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit”), from Old English ġelǣte (“a going out, ending, meeting”), as in Old English wæterġelǣt (“watercourse, aquaduct”), from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą (“a letting, a letting out”). Cognate with Old High German gilāz (“outlet, exit, end, road junction”), German Gelaß (“back room, recess, private chamber”). Related to English let.

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