| 单词 | hp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasH.P. H.P. n. half-pay. H.P. H.P. n. high pressure. Π 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 151 The H.-P. valves are worked by means of a simple lever from the L.-P. valve~rods. 1930 Engineering 9 May 599/1 Since both the H.P. and L.P. rotors have their own thrust blocks, the two are connected by a Wellmann-Bibby coupling, which permits of free axial expansion. H.P. H.P. n. hire purchase. Π 1945 Daily Mirror 6 Sept. 3/2 ‘Stop H.P. babies’... Mothers..have to pay for their babies on the hire-purchase system because of the high charges of maternity homes. 1958 Spectator 13 June 759/2 They cannot keep up the HP payments. 1959 New Statesman 17 Oct. 494/2 The artisan class lives in new houses and pays off the telly and the car on HP. H.P. H.P. n. horse-power. H.P. H.P. n. hybrid perpetual. Π 1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses xi. 174 Marguerite Dombrain, H.P...an early, reliable, vigorous, bright carmine Rose. 1893 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 3) 644/2 Gabriel Luizet, General Jacqueminot and many other H.Ps do not usually bloom after the month of August. H.P. H.P. n. half-pay, high pressure, hire purchase, horse-power, hybrid perpetual. < as lemmas |
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