a natural or artificial lake where water is stored before it is taken by pipes to houses, etc. 水库；蓄水池 The water content of the country's reservoirs had fallen to less than 50% of their capacity. 这个国家的水库蓄水量已降至不足其库容量的50%。 They got up early and went for a swim in the reservoir. 他们一大早就起床到水库游泳去了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- natural
- artificial
- man-made
- …
- in a/the reservoir
- (formal)
a large amount of something that is available to be used （大量的）储备，储藏 We can tap into the vast reservoir of information available on the internet 我们可以开发利用因特网上丰富的信息储备。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- huge
- vast
- …
- tap
- tap into
- reservoir of
- (specialist)
a place in an engine or a machine where a liquid is kept before it is used 储液槽 an oil reservoir 油槽
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French réservoir, from réserver ‘to reserve, keep’.