English-Thai Dictionary

reservoir

N ที่เก็บ สะสม  stor stock supply ti-keb-sa-som

 

reservoir

N อ่างเก็บน้ำ  บ่อ เก็บ น้ำ  basin lake tank ang-keb-nam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESERVOIR

n.A place where any thing is kept in store, particularly a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill-wheel and the like; a cistern; a mill-pond; a bason.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RESERVOIR

Res "er *voir ` (rz "r-vwr `;277 ), n. Etym: [F. réservoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See Reservatory. ]

 

1. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A small intercellular space, often containing Receiving reservoir (Water Works ), a principal reservoir into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reservoir

res er voir |ˈrezə (r )ˌvwär, -ˌv (w )ôr ˈrɛzə (r )ˌvwɑr | ▶noun a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. • a supply or source of something: tapping into a universal reservoir of information. • [ usu. with modifier ] a place where fluid collects, esp. in rock strata or in the body. • a receptacle or part of a machine designed to hold fluid. • Medicine a population, tissue, etc. , that is chronically infested with the causative agent of a disease and can act as a source of further infection. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French réservoir, from réserver ‘to reserve, keep. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

reservoir

res ¦er |voir |ˈrɛzəvwɑː | ▶noun 1 a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. • a supply or source of something: Scotland has always had a fine reservoir of comic talent. • [ usu. with modifier ] a place where fluid collects, especially in rock strata or in the body. • a receptacle or part of a machine designed to hold fluid. 2 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. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French réservoir, from réserver ‘to reserve, keep ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

reservoir

reservoir noun 1 water pumped from the reservoir: pool, pond; water supply, water tower. 2 an ink reservoir: receptacle, container, holder, repository, tank. 3 the reservoir of managerial talent: stock, store, stockpile, reserve (s ), supply, bank, pool, stable, fund.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

reservoir

reservoir noun 1 large numbers of birds frequent the reservoir: pool, lake, pond; water supply; technical waterbody; Scottish loch; Indian & Austral. /NZ tank; Mexican Spanish cenote. 2 the toner reservoir is housed within a single-piece cartridge: receptacle, container, holder, repository, tank; sump. 3 companies that fail to promote women are cutting their reservoir of managerial talent by half: stock, store, stockpile, reserve (s ), supply, accumulation, bank, pool, fund; cache, hoard.

 

Duden Dictionary

Reservoir

Re ser voir Substantiv, Neutrum bildungssprachlich , das |…ˈvo̯aːɐ̯ |das Reservoir; Genitiv: des Reservoirs, Plural: die Reservoire und Reservoirs französisch réservoir, zu: réserver, reservieren größerer Behälter, Becken o. Ä., in dem etwas (z. B. Wasser ) gespeichert wird ein Reservoir anlegen | figurativ über ein großes Reservoir an technischer Intelligenz verfügen

 

French Dictionary

réservoir

réservoir n. m. nom masculin Lieu, récipient où l ’on conserve un liquide. : Un réservoir d ’eau de pluie. C ’est une panne sèche: le réservoir (d ’essence ) est vide.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reservoir

res er voir /rézə r vwɑ̀ː r , -vɔ̀ː r /〖＜フランス 〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (家庭用水の )ため池 , 貯水池 ; 貯水槽 ▸ a water reservoir 貯水槽 ▸ an underground oil reservoir 地下の油槽 2 〖a ～ of A 〗(貯えられている )多量 [数 ]のA 〈知識など 〉, Aの宝庫 ▸ the Internet as a reservoir of ideas for musicians 音楽家のためのアイディアの宝庫としてのインターネット 3 貯水器 , 容器 , つぼ , (エンジンオイル )タンク , (万年筆の )インク筒 .4 〘生物 〙(動植物の分泌物の )貯蔵器 ; 保菌生体 .