reservoir
reservoir
noun
noun
- a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
水库
■a supply or source of something
储藏，贮备
Scotland has always had a fine reservoir of comic talent.
苏格兰一直是喜剧天才的宝库。
■[usu. with modifier]a place where fluid collects, especially in rock strata or in the body
蓄水池；（岩层中的）贮水层；（体内的）储液囊
■a receptacle or part of a machine designed to hold fluid
贮液器
■(Medicine)a population, tissue, etc. which is chronically infested with the causative agent of a disease and can act as a source of further infection
(医)（病原体的）储源
- mid 17th cent.: from French réservoir, from réserver 'to reserve, keep'
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- damn adv.非常,（表示厌烦）该死,讨厌,十足 vt.诅咒,谴责，指责,使…失败,[永世受罚，定罪 vi.诅咒,咒骂 n.一点也不，丝毫 adj.该死的,（表示厌烦）可恶的
- damnable adj.可恶的, 恶劣的, 不名誉的,极坏的
- damnably adv.可恨地，厉害地
- damnation n.罚入地狱，遭天谴
- damnatory adj.该死的
- damned adj.该死的,该谴责的，可恶的,十足的,被判为永久罪的 adv.非常地,无比地 v.诅咒(damn的过去式和过去分词),严厉批评,罚…入地狱受罪,使彻底失败
- damnedest n.最大的努力
- damnification n.损伤，损害
- damnify vt.损伤，损失，损害
- damning n.诅咒 adj.毁灭的,咒骂的,身败名裂的 v.诅咒( damn的现在分词)
- damningly adv.定罪地，导致定罪地
- damningness n.定罪
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