acequia
/uh-sey-kyuh; Spanish ah-se-kyah/US // əˈseɪ kyə; Spanish ɑˈsɛ kyɑ //
阿斯奎亚,阿西卡
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural a·ce·quias [uh-sey-kyuhz; Spanish ah-se-kyahs]. /əˈseɪ kyəz; Spanish ɑˈsɛ kyɑs/. Southwestern U.S.
- : an irrigation ditch.
Examples
The dry reservoir and the ruined acequia proved the care that had in former times been bestowed on its irrigation.
He said his horse had stumbled into an acequia in the darkness and fallen on him, and now he wanted to get up.
The Acequia Court is one of the most beautiful of the patios in the buildings comprising the Alhambra.
It's all out of kindness, isn't it, that he's going to make the rocks fly away out of the acequia to-morrow?
Circling the camp at wide distance, he had crossed the acequia and reached the Gila road.
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