water pumpn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə pʌmp/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌpəmp/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌpəmp/

Forms: see water n. and pump n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., pump n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + pump n.¹Compare Dutch waterpomp (1567).

1. A pump for raising or moving water (or other fluid).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > pump for raising water

pump1420

water pump1422

plump1480

water crane1658

force-pump1659

forcer1731

plunger pump1807

well pump1840

hydropult1866

1422–7 in S. Rose Navy of Lancastrian Kings (1982) 103 [For 4] flappes [of iron..to mend the] watirpompes.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/1 Water pompe, aquaticque.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 123 In the yeare 1576.., a water pumpe was raised in this high street of Limestreete warde.

1664 Duchess of Newcastle Philos. Lett. i. xlv. 133 I have seen pumpt out of a water pump small worms which could hardly be discerned but by a bright Sun-light.

1687 D. Abercromby Academia Scientiarum App. sig. N5^v His famous Water-Pump, a piece of Mechanism, far beyond the Contrivances of all foregoing Ages.

a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. xix. 310 Instead of working an enormous water pump with bodily labour, the steam may be so applied as to drive up the arm of a pump rod.

1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 115 The piston is similar to those usually employed in water-pumps.

1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) 107 The mixed solutions should be filtered... The most ready method of effecting it is by the aid of a Bunsen water-pump.

1928 N.Y. Times 21 Oct. 154 It should not take a cracked cylinder head, a broken water pump, a frozen battery or any one of a dozen such tragedies to acquaint any car owner with the fact that cold weather has come.

1952 Pop. Sci. Aug. 200/1 If you have ever bailed out a flooded cellar by the bucketful you don't have to be told why a stand-by water pump is a handy thing to have around.

2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 5 Dec. a13/6 Indonesian officials say they're doing the best they can to fight the fires... They..launched projects to hand out water pumps to local villagers.

†2. Used with reference to crying; cf. to turn on the waterworks at waterwork n. 5b(a). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 208 ‘Thank you, Dobbin,’ he said, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles... The water pumps were at work again.

Derivatives

ˈwater pumper n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water

water-bearereOE

water drawereOE

tankard-bearer?1518

water carrier1532

water drawer1574

water-worker1579

water-caster1610

waterman1615

tankard-womana1667

water pumper1708

watering-man1791

water boy1823

pani-wallah1934

1708 E. Hatton New View London II. 633/2 The Water Pumper, Scavenger and Clock-keeper.

1723 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. iii. Eng. Lists xxiii. 628 Tower of London... The Water Pumper.

1827 N. Arnott Elements Physics I. iii. 359 It [sc. the steam engine] is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, [etc.].

1941 E. Dick Vanguards of Frontier xvi. 388 In the period of greatest danger from Indian attacks the water-pumper traveled on a train, and the train stopped several hours while he pumped the tank full.

2003 S. Erdman Nine Hills to Nambonkaha iii. v. 86 In a sudden transformation, a little girl stops being a dolled-up baby and becomes a baby-sitter, water pumper, dishwasher.

ˈwater-pumping adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [adjective] > raising water with pump

water-pumping1841

1841 J. S. Russell Treat. Steam-engine 153 It is a true water-pumping high-pressure steam-engine.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 5/2 They have also fitted a water-pumping engine in the Turkish Houses of Parliament.

2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 June d6 Towering over the flat, windswept site is a water-pumping windmill her parents hauled piece by piece from New Mexico in the 1960s.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water pump
释义	water pumpn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə pʌmp/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌpəmp/, /ˈwɑdər ˌpəmp/ Forms: see water n. and pump n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., pump n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + pump n.¹Compare Dutch waterpomp (1567). 1. A pump for raising or moving water (or other fluid). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > pump for raising water pump1420 water pump1422 plump1480 water crane1658 force-pump1659 forcer1731 plunger pump1807 well pump1840 hydropult1866 1422–7 in S. Rose Navy of Lancastrian Kings (1982) 103 [For 4] flappes [of iron..to mend the] watirpompes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/1 Water pompe, aquaticque. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 123 In the yeare 1576.., a water pumpe was raised in this high street of Limestreete warde. 1664 Duchess of Newcastle Philos. Lett. i. xlv. 133 I have seen pumpt out of a water pump small worms which could hardly be discerned but by a bright Sun-light. 1687 D. Abercromby Academia Scientiarum App. sig. N5^v His famous Water-Pump, a piece of Mechanism, far beyond the Contrivances of all foregoing Ages. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. xix. 310 Instead of working an enormous water pump with bodily labour, the steam may be so applied as to drive up the arm of a pump rod. 1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 115 The piston is similar to those usually employed in water-pumps. 1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) 107 The mixed solutions should be filtered... The most ready method of effecting it is by the aid of a Bunsen water-pump. 1928 N.Y. Times 21 Oct. 154 It should not take a cracked cylinder head, a broken water pump, a frozen battery or any one of a dozen such tragedies to acquaint any car owner with the fact that cold weather has come. 1952 Pop. Sci. Aug. 200/1 If you have ever bailed out a flooded cellar by the bucketful you don't have to be told why a stand-by water pump is a handy thing to have around. 2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 5 Dec. a13/6 Indonesian officials say they're doing the best they can to fight the fires... They..launched projects to hand out water pumps to local villagers. †2. Used with reference to crying; cf. to turn on the waterworks at waterwork n. 5b(a). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 208 ‘Thank you, Dobbin,’ he said, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles... The water pumps were at work again. Derivatives ˈwater pumper n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water water-bearereOE water drawereOE tankard-bearer?1518 water carrier1532 water drawer1574 water-worker1579 water-caster1610 waterman1615 tankard-womana1667 water pumper1708 watering-man1791 water boy1823 pani-wallah1934 1708 E. Hatton New View London II. 633/2 The Water Pumper, Scavenger and Clock-keeper. 1723 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. iii. Eng. Lists xxiii. 628 Tower of London... The Water Pumper. 1827 N. Arnott Elements Physics I. iii. 359 It [sc. the steam engine] is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cotton-spinner, [etc.]. 1941 E. Dick Vanguards of Frontier xvi. 388 In the period of greatest danger from Indian attacks the water-pumper traveled on a train, and the train stopped several hours while he pumped the tank full. 2003 S. Erdman Nine Hills to Nambonkaha iii. v. 86 In a sudden transformation, a little girl stops being a dolled-up baby and becomes a baby-sitter, water pumper, dishwasher. ˈwater-pumping adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [adjective] > raising water with pump water-pumping1841 1841 J. S. Russell Treat. Steam-engine 153 It is a true water-pumping high-pressure steam-engine. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 5/2 They have also fitted a water-pumping engine in the Turkish Houses of Parliament. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 June d6 Towering over the flat, windswept site is a water-pumping windmill her parents hauled piece by piece from New Mexico in the 1960s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1422
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