runnel

n. 小河, 细流

发音

其它 /ˈɹʌnəl/

词形变化

runnels 复数 runnels runneled runneling runnelled runnelling runnels 三单 runneling 现在分词 runnelling 现在分词 runneled 过去式 runneled 过去分词 runnelled 过去式 runnelled 过去分词

别名

rinel rindle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small stream, a rivulet.

  2. 2.

    A small artificial channel for water to flow in.

v.
  1. 1.

    To create channels for directing the flow of liquid.

    The people who settled here weren’t farmers. They hunted. Yet they built a large amphitheater of mud, a platform carefully runneled to carry liquid—possibly blood.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

run rill rivulet streamlet

上位词 2

stream watercourse

词源

From Middle English runel, rennel, rinel, from Old English rynel (“that which runs; runner; stream”), from Proto-Germanic *runilaz, equivalent to run + -el. Cognate with Scots rinel, rinnal (“stream; runnel”), Swedish rännel (“runner; runnel”).

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