Word · Frequency #18043
aquifer
含水层
an underground bed or layer that yields groundwater for wells and springs
- 1.
An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
地下含水层(由多孔岩石、土壤或砾石构成)。
- 2.
underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
地下含水层
地下含水层(由多孔岩石、土壤或砾石构成)。；地下含水层
In use
Many homes in this region depend on the aquifer for their water.
The aquifer has supplied the city with clean water for decades.
They drilled deep wells to reach the aquifer.
an aquifer under/ beneath [location]
beneath 比 under 更正式。
There is a vast aquifer beneath the desert.
沙漠下方有一个巨大的含水层。
tap into an aquifer
tap into 常表示“开发、利用（资源）”。
Farmers tap into the aquifer to irrigate their fields.
农民开采含水层来灌溉田地。
recharge an aquifer
recharge 在水文语境中指“补给”。
Connections
Collocations
- confined aquifer
- 承压含水层
- The city gets its water from a confined aquifer that lies deep underground.这座城市的用水来自一个位于地下的承压含水层。
- unconfined aquifer
- 非承压含水层
- An unconfined aquifer is more easily replenished by rainfall.非承压含水层更容易得到雨水的补给。
- aquifer recharge
- 含水层补给
- Proper land management promotes aquifer recharge.合理的土地管理有助于含水层补给。
- aquifer depletion
- 含水层枯竭
- Over-pumping has caused severe aquifer depletion in the region.过度抽水已导致该地区含水层严重枯竭。
- groundwater aquifer
- 地下水含水层
- The study mapped the major groundwater aquifers in the valley.这项研究绘制了该山谷主要地下水含水层的地图。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 aqua 是水（像 aquarium 水族箱），fer 像带来/携带：想象地下岩层携带着水，就是含水层。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：geology and hydrology、environmental policy and news、water-resource engineering 该词是地质/水文专业术语，但在讨论水资源、干旱或环保的新闻和科普中也比较常见，语境通常偏正式或中性，口语中较少用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
aqua and aqueduct share the opening /ˈækwə/ with aquifer; conifer shares the spelling ending -ifer but not the vowel, so it is not a rhyme. aquatic, aquarium, and aqueous are lookalikes with different stress and vowel sounds.
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