Aqueduct

(noun.) a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.

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• The same thing may be said of a canal, an aqueduct, or a great pipe for bringing water to supply a great city. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This aqueduct, like the other, runs in the middle of a broad road-way, thus leaving a space on each side. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The mammoth new aqueduct system by which water is carried from the Catskills to the Battery is another example of electricity as a source of power for large construction work. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Cabin John (Washington Aqueduct) Bridge finished (longest masonry span in the world). Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The arches supporting the aqueduct afforded protection for advancing troops as well as to those engaged defensively. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The second aqueduct starts from the east base of Chapultepec, where it is fed by a spring, and runs north-east to the city. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• When opposition was encountered our troops sheltered themselves by keeping under the arches supporting the aqueduct, advancing an arch at a time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We rode across the Valley of Hinnom, between two of the Pools of Gihon, and by an aqueduct built by Solomon, which still conveys water to the city. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• When Chapultepec fell the advance commenced along the two aqueduct roads. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It is known as the Washington Aqueduct or Cabin John Bridge, and is seen in Fig. 230. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In his time it was more economical to convey the hard water by aqueducts than by such pipes as could then be constructed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The eighth book deals with water and with hydraulic engineering , hot springs, mineral waters, leveling instruments, construction of aqueducts, lead and clay piping. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He planned basilicas and aqueducts, and designed powerful war-e ngines capable of hurling rocks weighing three or four hundred pounds. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Huge aqueducts are being built which will convey pure mountain water a distance of 250 miles, and in quantities sufficient to supply two million people. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Beginning life as a stone mason, he rose by his own industry to be a master among architects and a prince among builders of iron bridges, aqueducts, canals, tunnels, harbours and docks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There followed others for a machine that should scoop out earth to make canals or aqueducts, for a Market or Passage Boat to use on canals, and for a Dispatch Boat that should travel quickly. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The roads leading to garitas (the gates) San Cosme and Belen, by which these aqueducts enter the city, were strongly intrenched. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The City of Mexico is supplied with water by two aqueducts, resting on strong stone arches. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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