waterwheel

英 [ˈwɔːtəwiːl]

美 [ˈwɔːtərwiːl]

n.  (尤指旧时的)水轮，水车

复数：waterwheels　

BNC.29740 / COCA.43207

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指旧时的）水轮，水车
  a wheel turned by the movement of water, used, especially in the past, to drive machinery

英英释义

noun

• a wheel that rotates by direct action of water
  Synonym:water wheel
• a wheel with buckets attached to its rim
  Synonym:water wheel

双语例句

• The utilization of the water power was a symbol of the second apex of waterwheel development.
  水力的利用，是水车技术发展的第二个高峰。
• The versatile waterwheel in ancient China and its restoration
  中国古代多用水轮及其复原
• The impulse of falling water turns the waterwheel. It uses pneumatic air as power and automatic controlling.
  落水的冲力使水轮转动。采用气压为动力和自动控制，配件不怕水，可直接冲洗。
• The utility model relates to a waterwheel type automatic fish collection device, pertaining to the field of fishery science.
  本实用新型涉及一种水车式鱼类自动采集装置，属于水产渔业科学领域。
• Your heartbeat, the pushing of a lawn mower, a baseball speeding through the air, water falling onto a waterwheel, the prying up of a rock with a crowbar-all are mechanical energy, which, of course, was another form of energy earlier.
  你的心脏跳动、推进割草机、棒球在空中高速飞过、水落入水轮机、用撬杠撬开石头等等，所有这些都是机械能，当然，在转化之前它是另一种能量形式。
• He wheeled round and dashed for the door. The impulse of falling water turns the waterwheel.
  他一转身便向门口冲去。
• The application of wind power had led the waterwheel technology to the third apex.
  风力的出现把传统水车技术推向了第三个高峰。
• With the expansion of crop-planted area, the waterwheel had also been promoted with great force in the northern regions, and among them the most typical is Beijing-Tianjin region and Lanzhou.
  随着稻作区的扩大，水车在北方也得到了大力推广，尤以京津地区和西北兰州地区最为典型。
• Love makes the world go round.& Charles Dickens The impulse of falling water turns the waterwheel.
  爱能使世界转动。&狄更斯落水的冲力使水轮转动。
• China can be regarded as the birthplace of waterwheel technology.
  中国是传统水车技术的发源地。