请输入您要查询的单词:

 

单词 aquaeduct
释义

aquaeduct

English

Noun

aquaeduct (plural aquaeducts)

  1. Alternative spelling of aqueduct
    • 1851, Smith, William, “AQUAE DUCTUS”, in A School Dictionary of Greek & Roman Antiquities, page 30:
      As nearly all the ancient aquaeducts now remaining are of Roman construction, it has been generally imagined that works of this description were entirely unknown to the Greeks. [] The first aquaeduct was begun by App. Claudius the censor, and was named after him, the Aqua Appia. Subsequently seven or eight aquaeducts were built, which brought an abundant supply of water to Rome.
    • 1982, Koester, Helmut, History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age, De Gruyter, →ISBN:
      In Ephesus, an immense temple to the “Olympian Hadrian” and a new aquaeduct are witnesses of his imperial largess; [] Arches were also the basis for viaducts and aquaeducts which can still be found today in all areas to which Roman rule extended.
    • 1990 January 31, Nir, Dov, “Chapter seven: METHODS IN REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY”, in Region as a Socio-environmental System: An Introduction to a Systemic Regional Geography, →ISBN, Comparative regional geography, page 144:
      In both of them are remains of Roman highways, Roman aquaeducts, Roman baths, Roman water-mills.
随便看

 

国际大辞典收录了7408809条英语、德语、日语等多语种在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的翻译及用法,是外语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2023 idict.net All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/8/8 11:43:05