| 单词 | fireplug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfireplug fireplug n. now chiefly North American (a) a fire hydrant; (b) colloquial (originally and chiefly Sport) a short, stocky person. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > sources of water firehole1682 firecock1707 fireplug1709 fire cask1800 firewater1916 1709 Act 7 Anne c. 17 A Fire-Plug, a Key to open the Stop-Cock, and also a Pipe for the Water to come thereout, to be made use of as Occasion shall require. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xx. 202 The pony looked with great attention into a fire-plug which was near him. 1930 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 5 Sept. 13/3 Things like that mean little to the human fire-plug of the National league champions. 1979 S. Goodwin Blood of Paradise xi. 135 He didn't even much like this damn Peggy. She was too short and chesty, a red-headed fireplug. 2004 Toronto Star (Nexis) 18 Oct. c2 Ticats running back Troy Davis, a 5-foot-7, 190-pound fireplug.., demolished the Argo defence for 233 yards. 2012 Kitchener-Waterloo (Ont.) (Nexis) 30 Aug. b4 Caps are going missing from fire hydrants in Kitchener, which endangers the drinking water supply, city officials say. The spinoff metal covers were taken from a dozen fire plugs recently, Kitchener Utilities says. < as lemmas |
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