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。
A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
水库存了大量的水。
Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir
急流涌入了水库。
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 reservoir is just on the side of the hill.
隔开一座山就是一个水库。
There are special buses carrying visitors to the reservoir at the charge of twenty cents each.
有专线汽车送旅客到水库，票价2角。
The importance of numerical simulation in the development of hydrocarbon reservoir is emphasized.
强调了数值模拟技术在油气藏开发中的重要作用。
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。
A contractor was hired to drain the reservoir and to excavate soil from one area for replacement with clay.
雇了一个承包商抽干水库的水，挖掉一个区域的泥土后再用黏土填上。
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。