potable
英 [ˈpəʊtəbl] 美 [ˈpoʊtəbl]

adj.

可以喝的，适合饮用的；

n.

饮料；

变形

复数：potables

英英释义

potable[ 'pəutəbl ]

• n.any liquid suitable for drinking

  同义词：beveragedrinkdrinkable

• adj.suitable for drinking

  同义词：drinkable

词组短语

potable water饮用水

potable water supply饮水供给

potable water system饮用水系统

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. They voraciously drank all the potable water at one time.
   他们贪婪地一下就喝光所有饮用水。
2. They set up purifying systems in places where the water was not potable.
   他们在许多水质不适合饮用的地方建立了净化系统。

权威例句

Electrocoagulation of potable water
Portable, potable water recovery and dispensing apparatus
Survey of potable water supplies for Cryptosporidium and Giardia
Contamination of potable roof-collected rainwater in Auckland, New Zealand.
Uses of Chloride/Bromide Ratios in Studies of Potable Water
Decentralized systems for potable water and the potential of membrane technology
Taste and odour threshold concentrations of potential potable water contaminants
A new medium for the enumeration and subculture of bacteria from potable water.
Organic substances in potable water and in its precursor. I. Methods for their determination by gas-liquid chromatography.
Influence of Plumbing Materials on Biofilm Formation and Growth of Legionella pneumophila in Potable Water Systems