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单词 canned air
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canned air
canned air n. (a) (chiefly North American) air from an air conditioner or other artificial ventilation system; cf. tinned air n. at tinned adj. 2c; (b) compressed gas in a spray can, used for cleaning or dusting electronic devices and other delicate equipment.In quot. 1896 humorously: fresh air sealed in a can for sale.
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1896 Sterling (Illinois) Standard 2 July The next thing is a man with ‘canned air’ for cooling purposes these warm days.]
1899 Cassier’s Mag. Jan. 220/1 One [opinion], held by the captain of the New York..was that the ventilators should be kept trimmed to the wind to catch any air that might be moving..and the men were not obliged to live on what has aptly been termed ‘canned air’.
1914 N.Y. Times 6 Sept. iv. 2/6 Any courtroom which depends for fresh air on artificial ventilation will fail. To rely on canned air is well enough under certain conditions, but it is not for the courtroom.
1964 Pop. Mech. Mar. 86/1 Some new products make you wonder—like..canned air for blowing dust off things.
2002 J. Thompson Wide Blue Yonder i. 14 The grocery doors whooshed open and the cold canned air blessed the back of his neck.
2013 Smart Computing Apr. 70/3 To clean off the electronics, invest in some canned air and use it to periodically blow the dust out of the system.
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