| 单词 | water turbine |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater turbine water turbine n. Engineering a turbine in which water is the moving fluid; = turbine n. a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > turbine > [noun] > other turbines water turbine1859 impulse turbine1880 wind turbine1909 impulse-reaction turbine1929 pump-turbine1934 1859 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Steam Engine iii. v. 538 The Fan Steam Engine, invented by Mr. William Gorman, is analogous in its principle and mode of action to an inward flow water turbine. 1961 M. G. Say Electr. Engineer's Ref. Bk. (ed. 10) ii. 79 The only practicable scheme for large-scale storage at present is the pumping of water to a suitable reservoir when excess energy is available and subsequently using it to drive a water turbine when required. 2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid iv. 129 A few hundred feet away, carefully screened with wire mesh to allow the trout to leap upriver, a third mini water turbine powers the garden lights. < as lemmas |
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