单词 | block heater |
释义 | > as lemmasblock heater block heater n. (a) (chiefly Canadian) a device for heating the engine block of a motor vehicle (cf. sense 15); (b) British a heating unit which accumulates warmth during the night and gives it off during the day; = block storage heater n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > operated by stored heat storage heater1894 block heater1958 block-storage heater1960 night storage heater1963 night storage radiator1970 1930 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 4 Dec. 21 (advt.) The new S & S motor Block heater will keep your motor warm as toast throughout the coldest night. 1955 Birmingham Daily Post 19 Mar. 17/2 Thermal storage type block heaters, which work on the same principle of heat radiated from concrete blocks. 1972 J. Metcalf Going Down Slow x. 157 Sid thought it the Board's duty to supply outlets for block-heater. 1990 Canad. Farming Summer 20/1 It began, of all places, in the block heater of the Ontario dairy farmer's tractor. < as lemmas |
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