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An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. / A fence placed across a river to catch fish.

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weir

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Source Word

weir

IPA(Pronunciation)

/wɪə/

Japanese Meaning

下流の水量を調節するために河川に設置される調整可能な堰。 / 魚を捕獲するために河川に設置される柵状の堰。

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The engineers adjusted the weir each morning to maintain steady water levels for the downstream irrigation canals.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

技術者たちは、下流の灌漑用水路の水位を一定に保つため、毎朝河川に設けられた可動堰を調整した。

Sense（1）

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necessary, a fishway is included in the weir.

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Sense（2）

A fence placed across a river to catch fish.

The weir catch of mackerel at Monomoy and along Cape Cod has been a failure.

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weirs

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