English Dictionary

catchment

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkatʃmənt/

名詞

限定用法 頻度副詞

(often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. / A catchment area, or the people it serves.

日本語の意味

集水域：雨水や水が集まる土地や構造物など、降水を捉え貯留する地域や特徴を指す。 / 対象地域：ある施設やサービスが提供される地域、またはその利用者層を示す場合がある。

The engineers designed a small catchment behind the hill to collect runoff during the rainy season.

技術者たちは雨季の流出水を集めるため、丘の背後に小さな集水域を設計した。

意味（1）

(often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.

Do you think that there ought to be some board or some authority for each catchment basin, which must be appointed with adequate powers to prevent the pollution of streams?

意味（2）

A catchment area, or the people it serves.

The Hospital Plan first set out the objective: a network of large district general hospitals, each providing specialised medical and surgical facilities for a catchment of 200,000 to 300,000 population[…].

catchments （ plural ）