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

Now we have a reservoir regulating the river flow.
现在我们有一个水库来调节河水的流量。
Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir
急流涌入了水库。
This result has vital significance for in-depth basin analysis, palaeo-geomorphology resume and reservoir prediction.
研究成果对深入盆地分析、古地貌恢复、储层预测具有重要意义。
The reservoir will soon be completed.
水库不久就能完工。
The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Heathrow in a reservoir
飞机从希思罗机场起飞后坠毁在一个水库里。
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。
How much water can this reservoir hold?
这个水库能蓄多少水？
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。
The reservoir is under construction.
水库正在施工。
It was applied in certain block of Wendong low-permeability sandstone reservoir.
应用本方法对文东低渗砂岩油藏某区块进行了模拟研究。