人工蓄水池 meaning in Chinese

artificiallake

There was a porch at the door , and under this porch the little spring welled up into an artificial basin of a rather odd kind - no other than a great ship s kettle of iron , with the bottom knocked out , and sunk to her bearings , as the captain said , among the sand
门口有个门廊，门廊下，有一股细泉向上涌人一个相当古怪的人工蓄水池里不是别的，而是只船用大铁锅，底儿被敲掉了，埋到沙地里，正如船长所说， “吃水线” 。