释义 |
ˈsmoke-box [smoke n.] 1. A receptacle for smoke. rare—1.
1614W. Barclay Nepenthes A 8, Not as the English abusers [of tobacco] do, which make a smoke-boxe of their skull. 2. techn. A chamber in a steam boiler between the flues and the chimney stack; in a locomotive placed at the base of the funnel.
1846Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 670/1 That construction of engine in which the cylinders are placed at the bottom of the smoke-box. 1855Lardner Mus. Sci. & Art VI. 127 The tubes..through which the hot gases..and smoke pass from the fire-box to the smoke-box. 1897Pall Mall Mag. Mar. 354 The exceptional height of the Smoke-box..rendered it necessary to adopt a dwarfed funnel. attrib.1855Lardner Mus. Sci. & Art VI. 128 The smoke-box door, opening on hinges at the top. 1878F. S. Williams Midl. Railw. 652 The smoke-box door did not fit tight. |