Waterworks

(noun.) workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community.

编辑:思朋斯

• Mr. Walker was an observant man, who has since that time installed a number of waterworks systems and obtained several patents of his own. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In the gravity system, where an elevated lake or stream serves as a natural reservoir, the cost of the city's waterworks is practically limited to the laying of pipes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• She shook her head sadly and had, as usual, recourse to the waterworks. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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