catchment area
- IPA[ˈkatʃm(ə)nt ˌɛːrɪə]
英式
- the area from which a hospital's patients or school's pupils are drawn;the area from which rainfall flows into a river, lake, or reservoir
noun: catchment area, plural noun: catchment areas
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the area from which a hospital's patients or school's pupils are drawn she lives outside the school's catchment area
- 2. the area from which rainfall flows into a river, lake, or reservoir the reservoir and its catchment area of heather moorland