waterwheel

英 [ˈwɔːtəwiːl]

美 [ˈwɔːtərwiːl]

n.  (尤指旧时的)水轮，水车

复数：waterwheels　

BNC.29740 / COCA.43207

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指旧时的）水轮，水车
  a wheel turned by the movement of water, used, especially in the past, to drive machinery

英英释义

noun

• a wheel that rotates by direct action of water
  Synonym:water wheel
• a wheel with buckets attached to its rim
  Synonym:water wheel

双语例句

• The utility model relates to a waterwheel type automatic fish collection device, pertaining to the field of fishery science.
  本实用新型涉及一种水车式鱼类自动采集装置，属于水产渔业科学领域。
• Though the traditional waterwheel possesses an excellent efficiency, there are differences in the aspects of irrigating capability and irrigating for different types of waterwheels.
  传统水车虽功效显著，但在实际应用中灌溉能力、灌溉效率存有差异。
• If you look on that waterwheel, you will see that it has fourteen buckets, which is quite unusual.
  如果你观察那个水车，就会发现它带有14个戽斗，这是很不寻常的。
• Researches of Waterwheel Type Oxygen Increasing Machine by Fluid
  水车式射流增氧机的研究
• The waterwheel type automatic fish collection device of the utility model realizes continuous collection of fishes, has simple design, low operation cost and can protect the health of samples.
  本实用新型实现了对鱼类的连续采集，设计简单、运行成本低廉、保护样本健康。
• Since the Song Dynasty, the tube waterwheel began to prosper, and had been popularized in some mountainous and hilly regions with abundant water resources, where it had become a powerful tool for irrigation.
  宋以后，筒车开始兴盛，在南方一些山地丘陵水力资源丰富的地区得到推广，成为山地灌溉之利器。
• An artificial cut was made from the river to bring the water at proper height to the waterwheel.
  人们在河中引出一条人工水道把水在适当高度引向水车。
• The waterwheel had promoted the local agriculture and made a certain contribution for the global agriculture civilization, therefore it had a proper place in the history of science and technology communication.
  传统水车的外传促进了当地农业生产的发展，改善了当地人的生活。是古代中国对世界农业文明的独特贡献，在中外科技交流史上占有一席之地。
• He wheeled round and dashed for the door. The impulse of falling water turns the waterwheel.
  他一转身便向门口冲去。
• With the expansion of crop-planted area, the waterwheel had also been promoted with great force in the northern regions, and among them the most typical is Beijing-Tianjin region and Lanzhou.
  随着稻作区的扩大，水车在北方也得到了大力推广，尤以京津地区和西北兰州地区最为典型。