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单词 pump water
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pump watern.

Brit. /ˈpʌmp ˌwɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈpəmp ˌwɑdər/, /ˈpəmp ˌwɔdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pump n.1, water n.
Etymology: < pump n.1 + water n.
Water obtained from the ground by means of a pump, as distinguished from rainwater, spring water, etc.
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1647 H. Neville Parl. of Ladies (Wing N512A) sig. B3v Get I say..a gallon of the best Pump-water, such as will beare the Patentees Crown-soap..then set it on the fire in a brasse Skellet.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. iv. 115 Very many Pump-waters will not bear Soap, as Rain-waters..will do.
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 631 Most Pump-Waters..will not boyl Peas and Beef..near so well as Spring Water or Rain Water.
1727 R. Bradley Ten Pract. Disc. Growth Plants ii. 28 Pump-water from a deep well is not proper for Plants, till it has been expos'd for some Time to the Air and Sun.
1770 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 142 Some I put into very hard pump-water.
1836–41 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 169 The coldest pump-water that can be procured.
1870 Times 11 Oct. 4/5 All the sewage is absorbed by the soil, and passes through it to the drains, issuing from them as clear as any pump water.
1947 E. W. Bennison Ground Water xv. 361 Pump water is raised by the periodical application of force suddenly applied and then discontinued.
1986 New Yorker 1 Dec. 75/3 The other suburbs were mainly dependent on pump water, as ground water is referred to in the West, and the more they pumped the lower the water table got and the more expensive the pump water became.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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