请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 pumpless
释义

pumplessadj.

Brit. /ˈpʌmpləs/, U.S. /ˈpəmpləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pump n.1, -less suffix.
Etymology: < pump n.1 + -less suffix.
Without a pump; that has no pump.
ΚΠ
1871 Evening Gaz. (Port Jervis, N.Y.) 11 Mar. The peddler pulled out his pump, and decamped, leaving on the old lady's hands a disconsolate daughter and a pumpless well.
1899 Daily News 9 Nov. 8/1 The majority depend upon pumpless wells.
1938 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 12 Mar. 3/5 The 600-gallon pump..will replace the last of the old pumpless hose wagons.
1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 425/1 In a previous report a simple, small-volume, plastic, disposable, pumpless oxygenator was described.
2002 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 14 Sept. 3 d I started experimenting with pumpless, filterless goldfish bowls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1871
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 12:40:43