spigot

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily life, Technologyspigotspig‧ot /ˈspɪɡət/ noun [countable] 1 Da tap in a large container that controls the flow of liquid from it2 especially American EnglishDT an outdoor tapExamples from the Corpusspigot• This has a spigot bearing the same size as the Range Rover but made of steel and not phosphor bronze.• Then, all of a sudden, like a spigot turned counterclockwise, B shuts down.• I washed up under a spigot I found out front.• The bath was in the centre of the room, with an old-fashioned brass spigot.• Children carried pails of water filled from spigots on street corners.• I turned on the spigot at the side of the house and filled up his plastic basin.• I held him under the spigot and squeezed his chest as the icy water ran over him.• The nearby water spigot became a constant source of fascination.Origin spigot (1300-1400) Probably from Latin spica “part of a corn plant where the grain grows”

单词	spigot
释义	spigot From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily life, Technologyspigotspig‧ot /ˈspɪɡət/ noun [countable] 1 Da tap in a large container that controls the flow of liquid from it2 especially American EnglishDT an outdoor tapExamples from the Corpusspigot• This has a spigot bearing the same size as the Range Rover but made of steel and not phosphor bronze.• Then, all of a sudden, like a spigot turned counterclockwise, B shuts down.• I washed up under a spigot I found out front.• The bath was in the centre of the room, with an old-fashioned brass spigot.• Children carried pails of water filled from spigots on street corners.• I turned on the spigot at the side of the house and filled up his plastic basin.• I held him under the spigot and squeezed his chest as the icy water ran over him.• The nearby water spigot became a constant source of fascination.Origin spigot (1300-1400) Probably from Latin spica “part of a corn plant where the grain grows”
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