noria

名词 n.
/ˈnɔː.ɹɪə/    /ˈnɔɹ.i.ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
  2. Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
    — The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.

词形变化

norias plural

词源

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
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