weir

azud, presa

Barrera baja que cruza un río y regula la cantidad de agua que pasa.

En inglés sencillo: A low barrier across a river that controls how much water flows past it.

• Water flowed over the weir.
• They raised the weir to control the river level.
• The old weirs need new gates.

Sinónimos: dam

Expresiones frecuentes: river weir, adjustable weir, over the weir

trampa para peces

Cerca colocada de lado a lado de un río para atrapar peces.

En inglés sencillo: A fence across a river that traps fish.

• The fish swam into the weir.
• They built wooden weirs across the stream.
• The fisherman checked his weir at dawn.

Sinónimos: fish trap

Expresiones frecuentes: fish weir, wooden weir, build a weir

represar

Colocar barreras de lado a lado de un río para controlar el agua o capturar peces.

En inglés sencillo: To place barriers across a river to control water or catch fish.

• They plan to weir the stream.
• The river was weired to control its flow.
• Workers weired the channel near the mill.

Sinónimos: dam

Expresiones frecuentes: weir a river, weir a stream