cistern

UK:  ['sɪstə(r)n]

US:  ['sɪstərn]

复数：cisterns  

n.

1.蓄水池;水塔

2.贮水池

3.乳池

4.(天然的)水塘[池]

5.水箱

6.(贮水用的)水缸[桶,箱,槽]

7.水槽

8.贮水器

9.(餐桌上的)水瓶,洗手钵

10.【解剖学】(贮分泌液的)池囊,淋巴间隙

1 . The atrium, which had a columned portico all around, extended under all the medieval edifice and had at its centre a cistern.
这个中庭，有圆柱环绕的门廊，延伸到中古世纪风的大楼之下，在中间有一个水池。

2 . The only water source is a nearby underground cistern built by the British during the days of Empire.
这里唯一的水源是附近一处地下蓄水池，它还是在帝国时代由英国人修建的。

3 . him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
把他丢在坑里；那坑是空的，里头没有水。

4 . One day she put rocks in her pocket and stepped into a cistern where she drowned.
有一天，她在自己口袋中塞满了石头，转身跳入了一个水池，溺水而亡。

5 . A spring , however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean .
但是泉源，或是聚水的池子，仍是洁净；惟挨了那死的，就不洁净。