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。
A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.
水库存了大量的水。
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。
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。
Torrents of water gushed into the reservoir
急流涌入了水库。
The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir.
雨的缺少使水库的水位降低了。
The reservoir provided benefits the same year it was completed.
水库一修成，当年就受益。
Various kinds of fish are being bred in the reservoir.
水库里放养了许多种鱼。
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。