English Dictionary

catchment

/ˈkatʃmənt/

noun

(often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. / A catchment area, or the people it serves.

The catchment area for the school includes several neighborhoods.

意味（1）

(often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.

Do you think that there ought to be some board or some authority for each catchment basin, which must be appointed with adequate powers to prevent the pollution of streams?

意味（2）

A catchment area, or the people it serves.

The Hospital Plan first set out the objective: a network of large district general hospitals, each providing specialised medical and surgical facilities for a catchment of 200,000 to 300,000 population[…].