英语词汇“water plug”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

water plug n. now chiefly U.S. any of various devices for connecting a fire hose to a water main.Originally referring to a plug in the ground; later more usually to a fire hydrant. Cf. fireplug n. (a) at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a.

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1729 Daily Jrnl. 31 May His Horse's Foot slipt into the Hole of a Water Plug, which threw the Rider and broke his Arm.

1764 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 25 May The water-plugs should never be stuffed up with straw or dirt, but have an iron flap with a hinge over them.

1827 Columbia (S. Carolina) Telescope 26 Apr. It is..stated that none of the company of Engine No. 2, had been instructed in drawing the water plugs, which is well known to be incorrect.

1846 Comic Almanack 3 The common water-plug offers a capital medium for illustrating the leading principles in hydrostatics and hydraulics.

1917 T. Mundy Winds of World vi. 103 Leaning from the seat of his high dog-cart to speak to the English fireman who stood sentry over the water-plug.

1994 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 June 1 b [He] apparently turned from Shore Acres Boulevard onto Grand Canal Boulevard and then clipped a water plug and light pole on Overlook Drive.

单词	water plug
释义	> as lemmas water plug water plug n. now chiefly U.S. any of various devices for connecting a fire hose to a water main.Originally referring to a plug in the ground; later more usually to a fire hydrant. Cf. fireplug n. (a) at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a. ΚΠ 1729 Daily Jrnl. 31 May His Horse's Foot slipt into the Hole of a Water Plug, which threw the Rider and broke his Arm. 1764 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 25 May The water-plugs should never be stuffed up with straw or dirt, but have an iron flap with a hinge over them. 1827 Columbia (S. Carolina) Telescope 26 Apr. It is..stated that none of the company of Engine No. 2, had been instructed in drawing the water plugs, which is well known to be incorrect. 1846 Comic Almanack 3 The common water-plug offers a capital medium for illustrating the leading principles in hydrostatics and hydraulics. 1917 T. Mundy Winds of World vi. 103 Leaning from the seat of his high dog-cart to speak to the English fireman who stood sentry over the water-plug. 1994 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 June 1 b [He] apparently turned from Shore Acres Boulevard onto Grand Canal Boulevard and then clipped a water plug and light pole on Overlook Drive. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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