In Africa the mosquito also breeds extensively in natural habitats such as tree holes, and leaves that gather to form "cups" and catch water.

在非洲，蚊子还在大量天然场所繁殖，例如树洞、聚成“杯”状且可存水的树叶等。

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7after six years of drought, measuring sticks are useless at the Ziglab Dam in Jordan, built to catch water flowing west into the Jordan River for irrigation.

6年的干旱后，约旦Ziglab大坝的水位量尺显然失去了意义，该水库的建成是为了截留向西流入约旦河的水以用于灌溉。

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Cloth sails were used to catch the wind to move a ship through the water.

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Crews scrambled to patch trouble spots and build a second sandbag wall to catch any water weaseling through.

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The main question I asked myself when I started was: Would it be possible to catch soil and water to create land and grow crops where this floodwater passes?

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Yeang's designs use walls of plants, scallop-shaped sunshades, solar panels, advanced ventilation and the structure and of the building itself to collect water and catch cooling air currents.

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