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reservoir

🇬🇧 UK/'rezəvwɑ: (r)/🇺🇸 US/'rezәvwɑ:/
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Definitions

n.

A large natural or artificial lake used to store water; a large supply or store of something.

水库,蓄水池;大量储备

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
servserve, keep, guard
+
oirsuffix
=reservoir

Common Collocations

  • 1.reservoir of talent人才储备
  • 2.underground reservoir地下蓄水层
  • 3.reservoir levels水库水位
  • 4.tap into a reservoir挖掘储备资源

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The reservoir supplies drinking water to the entire city.

  • 2.

    The city's main reservoir supplies drinking water to over two million residents.

  • 3.

    Years of experience gave her a vast reservoir of knowledge to draw upon.

  • 4.

    Prolonged drought has reduced the reservoir to dangerously low levels.

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