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Silo Tower Tall Cylindrical Grain Military Holds Store

英语单词 silo
英美音标 英 ['saɪləʊ] 美 ['saɪloʊ]
中文释义 n.筒仓;青贮窖
英语例句 (1) It is installed on the top of the silo.
(2) Later we walked to an abandoned silo.
中文例句 (1) 它被安装在筒仓顶部。
(2) 之后我们步行到了一个废弃的筒仓。
vocabulary简明 A silo is a cylindrical tower used for bulk storage, like grain silos that stand tall near farms. Another kind of silo is harder to see — military silos are underground.
vocabulary扩展 Farming and war are pretty different, but they both involve silos. You may have seen a silo if you've ever visited a farm. A silo is a tall tower with a cylindrical (rounded) shape. The silo holds anything the farmer needs to store in bulk, especially feed for the animals. Other, non-farm silos hold material such as cement or coal. The military type of silo holds something more dangerous: missiles. These silos store the missiles underground until they’re fired.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](农场储存草料、谷物等的)筒仓 A silo is a tall round metal tower on a farm, in which grass, grain, or some other substance is stored.
  • Before silos were invented, cows gave less milk during winter because they had no green grass to eat.

    筒仓发明前,因为没有青草可以吃,奶牛在冬天产奶量减少。

  • ...a grain silo.

    盛谷物的筒仓

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](核导弹等的)发射井 A silo is a specially built place underground where a nuclear missile is kept.
  • ...underground nuclear missile silos.

    地下核导弹发射井

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