millrace

/ˈmɪlˌreɪs/

Meanings

noun

水槽, 导水槽, 磨坊水渠

A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive a mill wheel.

Examples :

"The old grist mill depended on the millrace to provide the power needed to grind grain. "

老旧的磨坊依靠导水槽里快速流动的水，来提供研磨谷物所需的动力。

Related Words

river noun

/ˈɹɪvə/ /ˈɹɪvɚ/ /ˈɹaɪvə/ /ˈɹaɪvɚ/

河流，江河

"Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods."

有时河流会泛滥，淹没两岸地区，造成洪水。

filled verb

/fɪld/

充满，填满。

"The teacher filled the bottle with water. "

老师把瓶子装满了水。(Lǎoshī bǎ píngzi zhuāngmǎn le shuǐ.)

drive noun

/dɹaɪv/

动力，干劲.

"Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again."

克拉苏有财富和智慧，但庞培有干劲，而凯撒的干劲更是他的两倍。

needed verb

/ˈniːdɪd/

需要，必需。

"Living things need water to survive."

生物需要水才能生存。

running verb

/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/

跑步，奔跑

"The children were running to catch the school bus. "

孩子们奔跑着去赶校车。

wheel noun

/ʍiːl/ /wil/

轮子，车轮

"The bicycle's wheel spun rapidly as the child rode to school. "

自行车轮子飞快地转动着，孩子们骑着它去上学。

channel noun

/ˈtʃænəl/

河道，水道。

"The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel."

水车流出的水在河道里形成了一个驻波。

stream noun

/stɹiːm/

小溪，溪流。

"The stream ran alongside the school playground. "

小溪沿着学校操场流淌。

provide verb

/pɹəˈvaɪd/

供养, 养家糊口

"It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage."

靠最低工资养家糊口很难。

depended verb

/dɪˈpɛndɪd/

依靠，依赖。

"We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow."

我们很想去滑雪，但这取决于雪量的大小。

diverted verb

/daɪˈvɜːtəd/

转移，改变方向。

"The workers diverted the stream away from the road."

工人们把小溪的水流转移开了，使它不再流经道路。

water noun

/ˈwoːtə/ /ˈwɑtəɹ/ [woːʔɐ] [ˈwaːʈər] /ˈwoːtɘ/ /ˈwɔːtə/ /ˈwɔtəɹ/

水，水分，液体。

"By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen."

通过电的作用，水被分解成了它的两个组成部分，氧气和氢气。