reservoir
- IPA[ˈrɛzəvwɑː]
英式
- a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply；a supply or source of something
noun: reservoir, plural noun: reservoirs
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply the more water we use, the more land has to be flooded for reservoirs 同義詞
- ▪ a supply or source of something Scotland has always had a fine reservoir of comic talent 同義詞
- ▪ a place where fluid collects, especially in rock strata or in the body big oil reservoirs are becoming harder to find
- ▪ a receptacle or part of a machine designed to hold fluid if all three colours overlap then a black dot is printed from the black ink reservoir 同義詞
- 2. a population, tissue, etc. which is chronically infested with the causative agent of a disease and can act as a source of further infection there is a vast reservoir of herpes infection in the community
