Word · Frequency #27445
culverts
涵洞
culverts is the plural of culvert.
核心释义
culvert
- 1.
暗渠；涵洞；指穿过道路或铁路下方的排水通道。
A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
- 2.
道路或铁路下方横向且完全封闭的排水管
a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
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
用法In use
The workers installed a new culvert under the road to let rainwater flow through.
用法提示：culvert 是名词，指道路下方封闭的排水通道。
After the storm, water rushed through the culvert and flooded the field.
用法提示：culvert 用作名词，表示让水通过的涵洞。
The old culvert was blocked by fallen branches, so we called the maintenance team.
用法提示：culvert 是名词，在这里指道路下的排水涵洞。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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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