| 单词 | express boiler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasexpress boiler e. = high-speed adj.; express boiler, a boiler capable of getting steam up with great rapidity; express highway, etc.: see expressway n.; express lift, a lift which does not stop at every floor. Cf. A. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > very seven-leagued1747 ripping1826 seven-league-booted1828 splitting1829 lightning1832 high-speed1844 double-quick1860 mile-a-minute1883 express1897 jet-propelled1947 supersonic1947 light speed1987 1897 R. Kipling in Scribner's Mag. Aug. 136/2 Express freight's what pays. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 285/2 The types, sometimes called ‘Express’ boilers, which are largely used in torpedo-boats,..where the most important requirement is very high power with a very small weight of boiler. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Express-pump, a high-speed pump; one that makes a high number of strokes per minute. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 June 11/4 Six electric passenger lifts, two of which are known as ‘express’ lifts. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart i. ix. 160 Matchett is sending Anna's white velvet dress to the express cleaners. 1967 W. Pine Protectors xi. 91 The two men rode up from the basement to the twenty-first floor by express lift. 1971 Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 7/2 Those express lifts (sorry elevators) which serve New York's highest buildings. < as lemmas |
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