cistern

/ˈsɪstən/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈɪstɚn] /ˈsɪstərn/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈɪstɚn] /ˈsi-stərn How to pronounce cistern (audio)/ (ame, mw)

cistern — noun

  • cisternsingular
  • cisternsplural

1. a covered water tank used to keep water ready for later use, often above a build

1.名詞B2
釋義

a covered water tank used to keep water ready for later use, often above a building or behind a toilet

例句

Mayumi climbed the ladder to check the rainwater cistern above the attic.

rainwater cistern above the attic

The plumber said the toilet cistern kept leaking onto the bathroom floor.

toilet cistern

同義詞
  • tank

    a broader everyday word for a container that can hold many kinds of liquid

  • reservoir

    usually larger and more formal, often for a public or engineered water supply

  • water tank

    an everyday general term that does not suggest the same specific structure as cistern

文法句型

a rainwater cistern

the toilet cistern

water flows from the cistern

用法筆記

In British English, cistern often means the tank above or behind a toilet. In wider use, it can also mean a larger water tank in a house or under the ground.

常見錯誤

❌Put the cups in the cistern after dinner.
✅Put the cups in the sink after dinner.
💡a cistern stores water; it is not a basin for washing dishes.
❌The toilet bowl is the cistern.
✅The cistern is the tank that holds the flushing water.
💡the bowl and the water tank are different parts.