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Myanmar Meaning
အချည်းနှီးစကားပြောရန် အခွင့်အလမ်း၊ နေရာဝန်းကျင်။
Definition
sump /sʌmp/ n ၁။ (ကားအင္ဂ်င္၏)ဆီခံခြက္။ ၂။ ေရပုပ္သိုက်င္း။
Examples
- ‘At the bottom a stream runs along the floor and into the foam topped sump.’
- ‘The same water after filtration
- can be directed to flow into a recharge well or the underground sump.’
- ‘The worst contamination was in the sump where leachate from the 230-acre site gathers before it is pumped back to the top of the tip
- a council spokesman said.’
- ‘Natural light seeps through to every sump
- and it is magical to drift through the maze of stalactites studded with reflective crystals
- the light dancing in the beams of our torches.’
- ‘Back then there were not many cave divers active in the Yorkshire Dales and most sumps were virtually unexplored.’
- ‘For years
- I'd been rather paranoid about water
- avoiding sumps and ducks as much as possible.’
- ‘On that basis I had decided when I started caving that the ‘reckless’ practice undertaken by cavers of free-diving sumps was not for me.’
- ‘Limited excavations have opened up gutters and a sump pool used to drain the caverns of groundwater.’
- ‘Besides providing a depository for the neighbouring heavy metals refinery
- Bleak Pond forms a natural sump for the surrounding agricultural land
- so harbours little aquatic life.’
- ‘Often
- when a house with a basement has a sump pump to remove unwanted water
- the sump can be capped so that it can continue to drain water and serve as the location for a radon suction pipe.’
- ‘Putting these pipes in a covered lined trench with a high level alarm
- protected collection sump
- is the only way of being sure of not causing off-site contamination.’
- ‘The firm also claimed that each skip had four drainage holes to allow waste liquid to drain into a sump.’
- ‘Rain seeping through the ground into your basement or crawl space may appear as damp
- moldy walls or may be handled by a sump pump.’
- ‘All the leachate drains by gravity from the leachate collection layer to a sump
- from which it is pumped out of the landfill for treatment and disposal.’
- ‘The climb lands in a pool
- from which the water flows off left and down a steep shaft for 10m to a little sump.’
- ‘The character of the cave changes
- and from here to the sump
- the stream flows in a large tunnel.’
- ‘Seepage of groundwater into the shaft from the shaft penetrations is currently collected by a system of gravity feed lines into sumps and tanks at mine level and subsequently pumped to the ground surface for disposal.’
- ‘The third day
- we ascended to 14
- 000-foot Mawenzi Tarn
- a mucky natural sump nestled against the jagged brown peak of Mawenzi itself.’
- ‘On surfacing in the lake at the far end I didn't quite make it out of the water and sank back down to the bottom of the sump.’
- ‘Provision has also been made for changing rooms and for a plant room for the swimming pool
- a wrap-around deck
- new entrance gates
- a biocycle waste unit and a sump to accommodate the swimming pool overflow.’