| 单词 | earth leakage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth leakage earth leakage n. a flow of electric current from a live conductor to earth, esp. as a result of imperfect insulation; frequently attributive, designating devices designed to respond to or prevent this, esp. ones that respond to voltage rather than current; cf. residual current device n. at residual adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1887 Jrnl. Soc. Telegraph-engineers & Electricians 16 185 The Board of Trade regulations..made special provision that these mains should be completely detached from the houses at the time the electric light was in use in those houses, and in this manner the dangers from earth leakages would be minimised. 1935 Jrnl. Sci. Instruments 12 51 A simple earth-leakage trip relay for incorporation in domestic apparatus. 1985 C. S. Ward Anaesthetic Equipm. (ed. 2) xix. 313/1 The second method of improving safety is to install a current-operated earth-leakage circuit breaker. 2004 P. Hymers New Home Builder xi. 214 RCDs are residual circuit breakers that immediately trip out the supply if an earth leakage is detected. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。