aqueduct

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈæk.wɪˌdʌkt/    美 /ˈæk.wəˌdʌkt/|/ˈɑk.wəˌdʌkt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
  2. A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially an ancient structure.
    — All the years he’d been down there in the traffic he’d taken this aqueduct for just another bridge, nothing to tell you that canal boats and waterfowl were being carried along above your head.
  3. A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.

词形变化

aqueducts plural aquaeduct alternative,archaic aquæduct alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
aqueductal aqueduct of Sylvius mesencephalic aqueduct periaqueduct Sylvian aqueduct
相关词
ecoduct viaduct

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂
Proto-Italic *akʷā
Latin aquae
Proto-Indo-European *dewk-
Proto-Indo-European *déwkti
Proto-Italic *doukō
Latin dūcō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin ductus
Latin aquaeductusbor.
English aqueduct
Adapted borrowing from Latin aquaeductus (“conveyance of water”), from aqua (“water”) + dūcō (“to lead”, “to bring”); compare the French aqueduc.
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