reservoir

英 [ˈrezəvwɑː(r)]

美 [ˈrezərvwɑːr]

n. 水库; 蓄水池; (大量的)储备，储藏; 储液器

复数：reservoirs　

Collins.2 / BNC.5419 / COCA.5907

牛津词典

noun

水库；蓄水池
a natural or artificial lake where water is stored before it is taken by pipes to houses, etc.
（大量的）储备，储藏
a large amount of sth that is available to be used
储液器
a place in an engine or a machine where a liquid is kept before it is used

水库;蓄水池
Areservoiris a lake that is used for storing water before it is supplied to people.
N-COUNT 储藏;蓄积
Areservoir ofsomething is a large quantity of it that is available for use when needed.
1. ...the huge oil reservoir beneath the Kuwaiti desert.
  科威特沙漠下面巨大的石油储藏
2. ...the body's short-term reservoir of energy.
  身体的短期能量储备

noun

tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
lake used to store water for community use
Synonym:artificial lakeman-made lake
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
1. an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival
Synonym:source
a large or extra supply of something
1. a reservoir of talent

The reservoir is under construction.
水库正在施工。
This paper analyse the geochemical characteristics of unconventional reservoir and cover through three examples of geochemical exploration in drill.
本文运用井中化探的三个实例，对非常规的油气藏盖层和储集层的地化特征进行了分析。
The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir.
雨的缺少使水库的水位降低了。
The reservoir will soon be completed.
水库不久就能完工。
Only when a reservoir is built here can we solve our irrigation problem.
除非在这里修个水库，才能解决灌溉问题。
Now we have a reservoir regulating the river flow.
现在我们有一个水库来调节河水的流量。
Construction of the reservoir has started.
水库工程开工了。
The benefit which the reservoir brings to the villagers is not limited to agriculture.
这水库给村民们带来的好处不止是在农业方面。
The villagers piped in drinking water from the reservoir
村民用管道从水库引来饮用水。
It consists of shafts, culverts, channel and flood dam ( a small reservoir) composed of four parts.
它由竖井、暗渠、明渠和涝坝（一种小型蓄水池）四部分组成。