catchment

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkatʃmənt/    美 /ˈkɛt͡ʃmənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. attributive,often
    — Do you think that there ought to be some board or some authority for each catchment basin, which must be appointed with adequate powers to prevent the pollution of streams?
  2. A catchment area, or the people it serves.
    — The Hospital Plan first set out the objective: a network of large district general hospitals, each providing specialised medical and surgical facilities for a catchment of 200,000 to 300,000 population[…].
动词 v.
  1. To divide into catchment areas.
    — the catchmenting of mental health services

词形变化

catchments plural catchments present,singular,third-person catchmenting participle,present catchmented participle,past catchmented past

词汇关系

衍生词
catchment area catchment basin noncatchment subcatchment

词源

词源 1
From catch + -ment.
词源 2
From catch + -ment.
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