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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

침투정

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chim-tu-jeong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dry well/ˈdraɪˌwɛl/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45200 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"빗물을 배수하기 위해 침투정을 설치했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An excavation or structured pit filled with gravel or rubble, designed to collect excess stormwater or runoff and allow it to percolate slowly into the surrounding soil.

    "The landscaper installed a dry well in the backyard to prevent water from pooling near the foundation."
  2. 2

    An exploratory oil or natural gas well that yields no commercial quantities of hydrocarbons.

    "After drilling for three months, the energy company reported that the exploratory project was a dry well."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the adjective 'dry' (from Old English 'drȳge') with 'well' (from Old English 'welle', denoting a spring or water hole). Originally emerging in hydrogeology and petroleum exploration, it expanded to civil engineering to describe underground drainage structures that lack water.

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