| 单词 | go-devil |
| 释义 | go-devil in American English (ˈgoʊˌdɛvəl) US noun 1. a rotary tool for scraping out obstructions from an oil pipeline 2. a metal weight dropped into an oil well to set off an explosive charge 3. a railroad handcar go-devil in American English (ˈɡouˌdevəl) noun 1. a flexible, jointed apparatus forced through a pipeline to free it from obstructions 2. a dart dropped into a well, esp. an oil well, to explode a charge of dynamite or nitroglycerin previously placed in a desired position 3. Railroads a handcar 4. a sled used to drag or carry logs, stone, etc 5. Also called: sled cultivator a cultivator that rides on wooden runners and is used on listed furrows 6. Western U.S. any exceptionally fast or effective machine or appliance That food processor is a real go-devil Word origin [1825–35, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, cliché, electrolyte, relativity, structural |
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