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cistern    音标拼音: [s'ɪstɚn]
n. 贮水器,水槽,水箱

贮水器,水槽,水箱

cistern
n 1: a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or
cerebrospinal fluid [synonym: {cisterna}, {cistern}]
2: a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet [synonym:
{cistern}, {water tank}]
3: an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an
underground tank for storing rainwater

Cistern \Cis"tern\, n. [OE. cisterne, OF. cisterne, F. cisterne,
fr. L. cisterna, fr. cista box, chest. See {Cist}, and cf.
{chest}.]
1. An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer,
or other liquids.
[1913 Webster]

2. A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water. "The
wide cisterns of the lakes." --Blackmore.
[1913 Webster]

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "cistern":
artificial lake, bayou lake, dam, dead water, dike, etang,
farm pond, fishpond, freshwater lake, glacial lake, inland sea,
lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, linn, loch, lough,
mere, millpond, millpool, nyanza, oxbow lake, plash, pond, pondlet,
pool, puddle, reservoir, salina, salt pond, stagnant water,
standing water, still water, sump, tank, tarn, tidal pond,
volcanic lake, water hole, water pocket, well


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  • single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Cisterna, or cistern, : an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) -Merriam Webster> is a deposit of water in the ground, or at a higher level than the house to provide water by gravity in lieu of a pump, but usually covered It is used for most household purposes
  • Is there a specific name for this kind of water dispenser?
    0 Cistern is the traditional name for a spigoted vessel Proper names like this are being lost in the dumbing of society Retailers call it beverage dispenser since people are less educated and poorly read Sad
  • Meaning in context and grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    No, a cistern is not a boiler (or water-heater): it is a tank, for hot or cold water Modern hot-water tanks (usually called "cylinders") may have (electric) immersion heaters inserted in them, but are not usually called "cisterns"
  • Replacement for brethren to refer to mostly female group
    Despite seeming gender-specific, both brethren AND brothers is preferable to an archaic word that sounds like "cistern"! Returning to the religious theme, there is a word that refers to a closely-knit female group: sisterhood
  • meaning - What does the -st word ending mean and is it used in any . . .
    Your -st endings are two different grammatical animals In wouldst it is the standard verb ending for the archaic second person singular familiar thou: Cleopatra O, I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged and made A cistern for scaled snakes! Go, get thee hence: Hadst thou Narcissus in thy face, to me Thou wouldst appear most ugly He is married? — Antony and Cleopatra 2 5 1174
  • American word for commode - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    And if you’re talking about broken ones, the most common thing to break is probably not the bowl itself, but the cistern that holds the water and most of the mechanics of the toilet
  • translation - What would you call the system that interrupts the water . . .
    In the UK it is traditionally called a ball-valve, or ball-valve system In the case of a toilet a ball-valve cistern The older ones were characterised by a floating "ball", which when it reached a certain height cut off the water flow However in the modern ones much smaller floating devices are incorporated To many people they are still called ball-valves Though nowadays they are often
  • idioms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    The first modern flushable toilet was described in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen Elizabeth I Harington’s device called for a 2-foot-deep oval bowl waterproofed with pitch, resin and wax and fed by water from an upstairs cistern
  • Crenellated or Castellated - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    2004 , , Picador, paperback edition, page 2 Finally he walked slowly into a vast Italian space, with towers and castellated roofs, and a sky the colour of dark blue ink, smooth and consistent (obsolete) Enclosed within a building a fountain or cistern castellated (Johnson) Derived terms castellated nut Related terms castle * castellation
  • Broth of a boy etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Could anybody explain the etymology of the phrase broth of a boy? I know the meaning but cannot understand how it happens that it means what it means





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