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発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːtəˌwəːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔtɚˌwɚk/, [-ɾɚ-]
• ハイフネーション: wa‧ter‧work

名詞

waterwork (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 waterworks)

1. (countable) A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
2. (countable, art) A textile fabric used like tapestry.
3. (countable, uncountable) Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
4. (uncountable, art) A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
   • c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, OCLC 55178895, [Act II, scene i]:

     [F]or thy wals a pretty ſleight drollery, or the ſtorie of the prodigal, or the Iarman hunting in waterworke, is worth a thouſand of theſe bed-hangers, and theſe flie bitten tapeſtrie, let it be x. ♇ [i.e., ten pounds] if thou canſt: [...]

5. Alternative form of waterworks
   1. (historical) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
   2. (construction, archaic) Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.

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