aquifer

• n. （美）蓄水层；含水土层

词根aqua, 水。词根fer, 带来，含有。

aquifer (n.)

1897, coined from Latin aqui-, comb. form of aqua "water" (see aqua-) + -fer "bearing," from ferre "to bear" (see infer).

1. The aquifer which had once fed the wells was pronounced dry.

曾为水井供水的蓄水层正式宣告干涸了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. An aquifer is a water - bearing rock stratum such as sandstone and chalk.

地下蓄水层是一些有水的岩石层,如沙岩和白垩岩.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. A confined aquifer is also known as a pressure aquifer.

承压含水层又叫压力含水层.

来自辞典例句

4. One of the two main types of aquifer is the unconfined aquifer.

非承压含水层是两种主要含水层之一.

来自辞典例句

5. Such material can confine water in an artesian aquifer.

这样的介质能把水控制在承压含水层中.

来自辞典例句