English Dictionary

stormwater

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

Water that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways.

日本語の意味

雨などの降水によって地面に吸収されず、急速に流れ出す水。特に都市部などで、雨水が排水システムに流れ込み、河川や湖に急激に流れ込む水を指す。

After the heavy rainfall, stormwater rushed through the neighborhood, overwhelming the drains and flooding basements.

豪雨の後、雨水の流出が住宅街を勢いよく流れ、排水溝をあふれさせて地下室を浸水させた。

意味（1）

Water that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways.

Community groups have collected 12,000 signatures demanding that New York City permanently lower the levels of the Cannonsville, Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs to 80 percent of capacity so that stormwater runoff can have a place to go rather than charging down the river in flash floods.

stormwaters （ plural ）