英语词汇“foam extinguisher”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. A mass or layer of foam used in fire-fighting, produced by adding a foaming agent to a flow of water or by other means; also, a foaming agent so used. Also attributive, as foam carpet, foam extinguisher, foam generator.

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foam1907

air foam1937

light water1964

1907 A. G. Laurent Brit. Patent 18,357/1906 1 The invention has for its object a hand fire extinguishing apparatus..that..sprays foam instead of liquid.

1933 Meccano Mag. Feb. 99/3 A fire engine in use at Dagenham carries practically all the equipment likely to be required by a fire brigade. This includes a chemical ‘foam’ generator.

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Foam extinguisher, a fire extinguisher discharging a frothy substance which covers and extinguishes by excluding air from the burning surface.

1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 271/1 Foam is also used in the fire service in the form of a dry powder which employs a foam generator to mix the powder with water being discharged by the fire pump.

1960 Daily Tel. 12 Aug. 18/4 ‘Foam carpet’ for runway... A device for carpeting a runway with foam has been developed by the Engineering Flight at the R.A.F. Station, Waddington, Lincs.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) V. 279/1 On oil fires water is effective only as a foam, or in some cases as a fog.

1970 Oxf. Mail 3 Aug. 1/7 The pilot was reported to have turned down the RAF offer, which would have given him a foam cushion to land on.

1970 Oxf. Mail 3 Aug. 1/7 The cost of laying an anti-fire foam carpet on the runway.

单词	foam extinguisher
释义	> as lemmas foam extinguisher d. A mass or layer of foam used in fire-fighting, produced by adding a foaming agent to a flow of water or by other means; also, a foaming agent so used. Also attributive, as foam carpet, foam extinguisher, foam generator. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > foam foam1907 air foam1937 light water1964 1907 A. G. Laurent Brit. Patent 18,357/1906 1 The invention has for its object a hand fire extinguishing apparatus..that..sprays foam instead of liquid. 1933 Meccano Mag. Feb. 99/3 A fire engine in use at Dagenham carries practically all the equipment likely to be required by a fire brigade. This includes a chemical ‘foam’ generator. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Foam extinguisher, a fire extinguisher discharging a frothy substance which covers and extinguishes by excluding air from the burning surface. 1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 271/1 Foam is also used in the fire service in the form of a dry powder which employs a foam generator to mix the powder with water being discharged by the fire pump. 1960 Daily Tel. 12 Aug. 18/4 ‘Foam carpet’ for runway... A device for carpeting a runway with foam has been developed by the Engineering Flight at the R.A.F. Station, Waddington, Lincs. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) V. 279/1 On oil fires water is effective only as a foam, or in some cases as a fog. 1970 Oxf. Mail 3 Aug. 1/7 The pilot was reported to have turned down the RAF offer, which would have given him a foam cushion to land on. 1970 Oxf. Mail 3 Aug. 1/7 The cost of laying an anti-fire foam carpet on the runway. extracted from foamn. < as lemmas
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