| 释义 |
ˈturncock
[f. turn v. + cock n.1]
†1. A stop-cock of which the plug is turned to open or close it. Obs.
1702Savery Miner's Friend 42 At every Floor there may be a turn-cock with a Skrew. 1755Hales in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 320 When, by means of a turn-cock, a gallon of water was two minutes in running, then the heat was 140.
2. A water-works official entrusted with the turning on of the water from the mains to supply-pipes, etc.
1711in Halliwell Acc. Collect. Bills, etc. (1852) 27 Christmas Boxes,..Turncock, 2s. 6d. 1791‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsem. xvii. (1809) 139 No Turncocks to be found—all the Water at a stop. 1863Dickens Uncomm. Trav. xxi, A meditative turncock..gives the fire-plug a disparaging wrench. 1875Ruskin Fors Clav. V. 56 The turncock..turned and turned till a fountain sprang up in the middle of the street. |