an electrical appliance for removing dust (from carpets and other flooring, soft furnishings, etc.) by suction; also transferred and figurative.
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > vacuum-cleaning > [noun] > vacuum-cleaner (5) vacuum cleaner1903 an electrical appliance for removing dust (from carpets and other flooring, soft furnishings, etc.) by suction; also transferred and figurative. vacuum1910 elliptical for vacuum cleaner, compounds 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). Hoover1934 (a) (With capital initial.) The proprietary name of a make of vacuum cleaner (patented in 1927). (b) loosely. (With small initial.) Any vacuum… vac1974 = vacuum cleaner n. at vacuum, n. compounds 2. Subcategories:— part of (1) |
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