| 单词 | soilpipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoil-pipe soil-pipe n. (see quot. 1865). ΚΠ 1865 G. W. Gesner A. Gesner's Pract. Treat. Coal (ed. 2) ii. 27 The driving of the soil-pipe..is the first thing done. This pipe is four inches in diameter,..and driven by a heavy block of wood, as in pile driving. soil-pipe soil-pipe n. a sewage or waste-water pipe; spec. (see quot. 1928). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > parts of privy > soil-pipe funnel1555 soil-pipe1833 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > drain-pipe > for excrement funnel1555 soil-pipe1833 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §490 A basin with a soil pipe. 1876 W. P. Buchan Plumbing xiv. 90 When soil-pipes and waste-pipes are put up inside the house, great care should be taken that they are properly fitted up. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 602 She was living in a house where the soil-pipe of the water-closet was defective. 1928 H. E. Babbitt Plumbing ix. 156 A soil pipe is any drainage pipe which carries human excrement... A waste pipe carries waste water which does not include human excrement. 1962 New Statesman 21 Dec. 897/3 Any fit man, given a certain amount of practice, can climb a soil pipe up to the first floor. 1978 T. Pettit Home Plumbing x. 53/2 Other waste pipes can be run into the soil pipe by means of a range of solvent-welded bossed fittings. < as lemmas |
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