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Word | Weir |
Chinese Meaning | 堰, 鱼梁 |
a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish / a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow / Alt. of Wear / a low dam built across a river to raise the level of water upstream or regulate its flow., | |
Usage | ⇒ A weir was built across the river to control the flow of water ⇒ Reduced river flows, brought about by the construction of dams, weirs and water diversions, compound the problem. |
Synonyms | dam, dike, lock, barrage, boom, channel, fence, levee, penstock, sluice, wall, barricade, barrier, buffer, bulkhead, defense, ditch, embankment, flume, gate, |
Antonyms | accommodate, evict, |
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