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词汇 millpond
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Definition of millpond in English:

millpond

noun ˈmɪlpɒndˈmɪlˌpɑnd
  • 1The pool which is created by a dam to provide the head of water that powers a watermill.

    磨坊水池(筑坝拦河而成,为水车提供水力)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A millpond, barn, and old stone mansion, which is furnished in a home decor, make up the campus.
    • Barely larger than a swimming pool and not as deep, the millpond is not the sort of location you would normally choose to dive.
    • Most of the inside of the door is covered in faded photos of her and James out at the beach, at the millpond, or slurping a shared food court smoothie.
    • A small millpond on Faunce's property powered a bellows for the furnace that the brook is named for.
    • A mill was built on a bend in the Waitotoroa River, with half an hectare nearby flooded for a millpond.
    • The road on which the Federals marched passed by the mill and was bordered on the left by millponds and swamps and on the right by a swamp that extended into the Wateree River.
    • You have loyal friends who frolicked with you in the millpond in your younger days, and will stand beside you with joy when you take the throne.
    1. 1.1 A very calm stretch of water.
      〈喻〉风平浪静的水面
      the sea was a brilliant blue millpond
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It really is a millpond most of the time, summer and winter.
      • After a delay for the weather to pass, Malta regatta course turned to a millpond of calm, perfect rowing conditions for the men's four.

Definition of millpond in US English:

millpond

(also mill pond)
nounˈmɪlˌpɑndˈmilˌpänd
  • The pool that is created by a milldam and provides the head of water that powers a water mill.

    磨坊水池(筑坝拦河而成,为水车提供水力)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most of the inside of the door is covered in faded photos of her and James out at the beach, at the millpond, or slurping a shared food court smoothie.
    • Barely larger than a swimming pool and not as deep, the millpond is not the sort of location you would normally choose to dive.
    • The road on which the Federals marched passed by the mill and was bordered on the left by millponds and swamps and on the right by a swamp that extended into the Wateree River.
    • You have loyal friends who frolicked with you in the millpond in your younger days, and will stand beside you with joy when you take the throne.
    • A mill was built on a bend in the Waitotoroa River, with half an hectare nearby flooded for a millpond.
    • A millpond, barn, and old stone mansion, which is furnished in a home decor, make up the campus.
    • A small millpond on Faunce's property powered a bellows for the furnace that the brook is named for.
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