mid-13c., from Old French cisterne "cistern; dungeon, underground prison" (12c., Modern French citerne), from Latin cisterna "underground reservoir for water," from cista "chest, box," from Greek kiste "box, chest" (see chest).
雙語例句
1. The cistern is empty but soon fills again.
蓄水池里現在沒水,但不久就會儲滿水的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The lavatory cistern overflowed.
廁所水箱的水溢出來了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. In final analysis, I am simply a cistern regularly filled, regularly drained.
歸根結底, 我不過是一個蓄水池,定時裝滿, 又定時排空.
來自辭典例句
4. Fixed cistern barometers are used as a standard for checking aneroid barometers.
固定槽式氣壓計可以作為標準件去檢驗無液氣壓計.
來自辭典例句
5. We'll go over to that cistern and case it by moonlight.