英语词汇artesian wells的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	artesian wells
词源	artesian wells. Artesian wells, wells whose shafts penetrate through an impervious layer into a water-bearing stratum from which water runs under pressure, take their name from Artese- um, now Artois, in northern France, where such wells were worked as early as the 17th century.
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