silo

筒仓、谷仓、储料塔

The farm has two tall silos for storing corn and grain.

那座农场有两座高高的筒仓，用来储放玉米和谷物。

飞弹发射井

Satellite images revealed several missile silos in the desert.

卫星影像显示沙漠里有好几座飞弹发射井。

各自为政的单位、本位主义、资讯孤岛多用于商业语境

Our departments work in silos and rarely share information.

我们各部门各自为政，很少分享资讯。

孤立、区隔、各自分开常用被动

Customer data is siloed across three separate systems.

客户资料被分散孤立在三套不同的系统里。