"culvert" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 涵洞

Definition

涵洞是用來將水引導至道路、鐵路或小路下方的隧道或管道。有助於控制水流，防止淹水。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「涵洞」是工程或建設領域的術語，常見於道路、市政或鐵路討論中。常見用法如「建涵洞」。日常生活對話中很少出現，除非談到建設或防洪。

Examples

A culvert carries water under the road.

**涵洞**將水引導至道路下方。

The workers are repairing the broken culvert.

工人正在修理壞掉的**涵洞**。

Heavy rain blocked the culvert and caused flooding.

大雨堵塞了**涵洞**，導致淹水。

We have to check the culvert every spring to make sure it isn’t clogged.

每到春天都要檢查**涵洞**，確保沒被堵塞。

The creek disappears into a culvert under the highway.

小溪流進高速公路下方的**涵洞**。

If the culvert isn’t big enough, water will overflow onto the road during storms.

如果**涵洞**不夠大，暴雨時水會溢到路面上。