culvert

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
    — A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert.
动词 v.
  1. To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert. intransitive,transitive
    — This led to a great deal of straightening and culverting, which in turn led to a massive loss of biodiversity.

词形变化

culverts plural culverts present,singular,third-person culverting participle,present culverted participle,past culverted past

词源

词源 1
Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested:
* a dialectal word,
* a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor,
* a derivation from French couvert (“covered”), although couvert is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is ponceau or buse de drainage,
* a derivation from an unrecorded Dutch word, possibly *coul-vaart, a combination of Dutch coul-, from French couler (“to flow”), and Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”).
词源 2
Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested:
* a dialectal word,
* a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor,
* a derivation from French couvert (“covered”), although couvert is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is ponceau or buse de drainage,
* a derivation from an unrecorded Dutch word, possibly *coul-vaart, a combination of Dutch coul-, from French couler (“to flow”), and Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”).
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