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词汇 riprap
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Definition of riprap in English:

riprap

noun ˈrɪprapˈrɪpræp
mass nounNorth American
  • Loose stone used to form a foundation for a breakwater or other structure.

    (防波堤等的)乱石;乱石基

    the rock was used extensively for ballast and riprap
    as modifier a riprap breakwater
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, during installation of riprap or other bank stabilization projects any remaining trees or shrubs were usually removed, and there was little evidence of attempts to re-establish wood or shrub riparian vegetation.
    • Students should be prepared for the often hard and dirty work of manhandling nature - removing invasive plants, digging up drainage tile, placing riprap along streambeds.
    • The group launched a three-year study that aims to plant trees, stabilize stream banks with vegetation and riprap, and build sediment ponds.
    • A rock and log structure was placed within the riprap and willow structures to improve instream habitat for fish.
    • Can drainage ditches be stabilized against erosion by installing riprap or a rolled erosion control product immediately after they have been developed?
    • Unchecked erosion also fills riprap channels with silt and reduces the storage capacity of detention ponds via sediment deposits.
    • Both the pool and its protective lining of stone riprap must be properly sized.
    • He recycles the material as a replacement for riprap in lining drainage channels or protecting streambanks from erosion.
    • The status quo conditions depend on the continued existence of riprap and seawalls, which in turn result in an unchanged distribution of beach conditions.
    • Therefore, the texture of the bottoms of channels should be made rough with vegetation or riprap, and outlet structures should be properly designed with energy dissipaters.
    • The job, located in an established, upscale residential development, required reshaping 150 ft of the eroded banks of a creek and armoring the site with riprap.
verbripraps, riprapped, riprapping ˈrɪprapˈrɪpræp
[with object]North American
  • Strengthen with riprap.

    用乱石加固(防波堤等)

    incentives to keep landowners from riprapping riverbanks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A creek near the back of the house was riprapped with large chunks of sidewalk that were jackhammered out
    • A large section of streambank was riprapped to prevent the landowner's septic system and 20 feet of severely slumping shoreline from washing into the brook.

Origin

Mid 19th century: reduplication of rap1.

Definition of riprap in US English:

riprap

nounˈrɪpræpˈriprap
North American
  • Loose stone used to form a foundation for a breakwater or other structure.

    (防波堤等的)乱石;乱石基

    the rock was used extensively for ballast and riprap
    as modifier a riprap breakwater
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Can drainage ditches be stabilized against erosion by installing riprap or a rolled erosion control product immediately after they have been developed?
    • The job, located in an established, upscale residential development, required reshaping 150 ft of the eroded banks of a creek and armoring the site with riprap.
    • Students should be prepared for the often hard and dirty work of manhandling nature - removing invasive plants, digging up drainage tile, placing riprap along streambeds.
    • The status quo conditions depend on the continued existence of riprap and seawalls, which in turn result in an unchanged distribution of beach conditions.
    • A rock and log structure was placed within the riprap and willow structures to improve instream habitat for fish.
    • Therefore, the texture of the bottoms of channels should be made rough with vegetation or riprap, and outlet structures should be properly designed with energy dissipaters.
    • However, during installation of riprap or other bank stabilization projects any remaining trees or shrubs were usually removed, and there was little evidence of attempts to re-establish wood or shrub riparian vegetation.
    • Unchecked erosion also fills riprap channels with silt and reduces the storage capacity of detention ponds via sediment deposits.
    • Both the pool and its protective lining of stone riprap must be properly sized.
    • He recycles the material as a replacement for riprap in lining drainage channels or protecting streambanks from erosion.
    • The group launched a three-year study that aims to plant trees, stabilize stream banks with vegetation and riprap, and build sediment ponds.
verbˈrɪpræpˈriprap
[with object]North American
  • Strengthen with riprap.

    用乱石加固(防波堤等)

    incentives to keep landowners from riprapping riverbanks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A creek near the back of the house was riprapped with large chunks of sidewalk that were jackhammered out
    • A large section of streambank was riprapped to prevent the landowner's septic system and 20 feet of severely slumping shoreline from washing into the brook.

Origin

Mid 19th century: reduplication of rap.

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