Word · Frequency #27445
culverts
涵洞
culverts is the plural of culvert.
culvert
- 1.
A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
暗渠；涵洞；指穿过道路或铁路下方的排水通道。
- 2.
a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
道路或铁路下方横向且完全封闭的排水管
暗渠；涵洞；指穿过道路或铁路下方的排水通道。；道路或铁路下方横向且完全封闭的排水管；电缆管道
In use
The workers installed a new culvert under the road to let rainwater flow through.
After the storm, water rushed through the culvert and flooded the field.
The old culvert was blocked by fallen branches, so we called the maintenance team.
a culvert under [place]
culvert 是可数名词，常用 under 引出其位置。
The county built a culvert under the highway.
县里在高速公路下方修建了一个涵洞。
[water/rainwater] flows through a culvert
through 强调从一头到另一头穿过涵洞。
Rainwater flows through the culvert and into the drainage ditch.
雨水流过涵洞，进入排水沟。
culverts are used to [do sth]
被动语态常用于说明涵洞的用途。
Connections
Collocations
- box culvert
- 箱形涵洞
- The contractor installed a box culvert under the new highway.承包商在新公路下安装了一个箱形涵洞。
- pipe culvert
- 管涵
- A pipe culvert carries the stream beneath the rural road.一条管涵将溪流从乡村道路下方穿过。
- concrete culvert
- 混凝土涵洞
- The concrete culvert was strong enough to support heavy trucks.这座混凝土涵洞足够坚固，能承受重型卡车。
- drainage culvert
- 排水涵洞
- The drainage culvert directs rainwater away from the railway tracks.排水涵洞将雨水从铁轨引开。
- install a culvert
- 安装涵洞
- Crews will install a culvert to manage stormwater.施工队将安装一个涵洞来管理雨水。
- blocked culvert
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记作：Culvert 音近“卡尔沃特”，想象卡尔从马路下的涵洞（排水洞）钻过。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：civil engineering、road and railway drainage、municipal infrastructure culvert 属于工程技术用词，通常出现在道路、铁路、市政排水等正式场合或书面资料中，日常口语较少使用；非正式语境下可考虑用 drain 或 pipe 表达类似含义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
culvert /ˈkʌlvɚt/ has no common exact rhymes. Words beginning with cul- (culture, cultivate, culprit) genuinely share the initial sound /kʌl/. Lookalikes ending in -vert (invert, convert, divert) are pronounced with a stressed /vɜːrt/, not the unstressed /vɚt/ of culvert, so they do not rhyme.
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