penstock

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
    — It amazes him still, this effortless journey powered by the fall of water. Water surging through tunnel and penstock.
  2. The barrel of a wooden pump.

词形变化

penstocks plural pentstock alternative

词源

Perhaps from pen (“an enclosure”) + stock.
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