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词汇 impolder
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Definition of impolder in English:

impolder

(also empolder)
verb ɪmˈpəʊldəimˈpōldər
[with object]
  • Make (an area of the seabed) into a polder by reclaiming it from the sea.

    将(海床)围海造地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A number of inland areas have been also been empoldered, some of them provided with pump drainage.
    • Some were impoldered with embankments, pumps, and deep canals, but those proved hard to maintain.
    • But, as the main waterways became silted up and were impoldered, the character of the city changed.
    • Increasingly, however, the floodplain has become empoldered and compartmentalised for flood protection and agriculture.
    • Even today the Dutch are famous for impoldering, building dikes and all kinds of water control.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Dutch impolderen.

Definition of impolder in US English:

impolder

verbimˈpōldər
[with object]
  • Make (an area of the seabed) into a polder by reclaiming it from the sea.

    将(海床)围海造地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But, as the main waterways became silted up and were impoldered, the character of the city changed.
    • A number of inland areas have been also been empoldered, some of them provided with pump drainage.
    • Even today the Dutch are famous for impoldering, building dikes and all kinds of water control.
    • Increasingly, however, the floodplain has become empoldered and compartmentalised for flood protection and agriculture.
    • Some were impoldered with embankments, pumps, and deep canals, but those proved hard to maintain.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Dutch impolderen.

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