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单词 piston engine
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Definition of piston engine in English:

piston engine

noun
  • An engine, especially in an aircraft, in which power is derived from cylinders and pistons rather than a turbine.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • How did a piston engine tanker refuel a faster jet bomber?
    • Jet engines have supplanted piston engines in commercial aircraft due to more power, greater speed, and better all-around performance.
    • The basic design of the aviation piston engine hasn't changed drastically in decades.
    • An old generation piston engine is nowhere near as technically reliable as a new generation high tech turbine aircraft engine.
    • This type of powerplant was ideal for lower performance aircraft that could substitute their piston engines for the turboprop.
    • H - 21s were powered by 1,425-horsepower radial piston engines and could carry 20 soldiers.
    • Hitherto, helicopters had been powered by piston engines and this had brought many cooling problems.
    • Wankle rotary engines use the Otto cycle, but they do it in a very different way than four-stroke piston engines.
    • The operation of the rotary engine means that it is not prone to backfiring on hydrogen, as conventional piston engines are.
    • The combination is a small, low-pressure steam boiler feeding a piston engine or turbine.
    • Jet engines are crucial: They're faster than piston engines and far safer.
    • They replaced the old radial air-cooled and liquid-cooled engines with a high-compression piston engine.
    • Improved engine designs have boosted efficiency - turbines replaced piston engines, for example.
    • One seemed to live and dream, aircraft and to this day I automatically crane skywards at the sound of a piston engine.
    • A self-winding hose reel called ReelSmart lets you flip a switch to divert the water flow from the hose to a piston engine inside the drum.
    • As in a piston engine, overlap is the short circuit by which spent gasses invade the fuel-air charge.
    • Unlike a piston engine, where reciprocating parts move up and down, the twin rotors in the Mazda just spin around.
    • A piston engine would use too much fuel, so he thought of using a gas turbine.
    • Nick Gibbs hovers above the centre and starboard radial piston engines of the Sparrowhawk
    • Regardless of the technology, hybrids still rely on the piston engine as a primary power source.

Derivatives

  • piston-engined

  • adjective
    • It heralded the advent of jet-propelled flight and the gradual demise of the piston-engined combat aircraft.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, as time went by the piston-engined Trader started to become something of an antique.
      • By February 1999, the number of aeroplanes she refueled at Ondangwa has risen to 74 jets and 52 piston-engined aircraft per month.
      • Various German and Japanese automakers have built hydrogen-fueled piston-engined, and even rotary-powered cars in recent years.
      • It had become the railways last big piston-engined aircraft, outlasting both DC - 3s as well as its Convair cousin.
 
 

Definition of piston engine in US English:

piston engine

nounˈpistn ˌenjən
  • An engine powered by pistons.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hitherto, helicopters had been powered by piston engines and this had brought many cooling problems.
    • Improved engine designs have boosted efficiency - turbines replaced piston engines, for example.
    • A self-winding hose reel called ReelSmart lets you flip a switch to divert the water flow from the hose to a piston engine inside the drum.
    • Nick Gibbs hovers above the centre and starboard radial piston engines of the Sparrowhawk
    • An old generation piston engine is nowhere near as technically reliable as a new generation high tech turbine aircraft engine.
    • This type of powerplant was ideal for lower performance aircraft that could substitute their piston engines for the turboprop.
    • As in a piston engine, overlap is the short circuit by which spent gasses invade the fuel-air charge.
    • How did a piston engine tanker refuel a faster jet bomber?
    • The combination is a small, low-pressure steam boiler feeding a piston engine or turbine.
    • The operation of the rotary engine means that it is not prone to backfiring on hydrogen, as conventional piston engines are.
    • One seemed to live and dream, aircraft and to this day I automatically crane skywards at the sound of a piston engine.
    • Wankle rotary engines use the Otto cycle, but they do it in a very different way than four-stroke piston engines.
    • The basic design of the aviation piston engine hasn't changed drastically in decades.
    • They replaced the old radial air-cooled and liquid-cooled engines with a high-compression piston engine.
    • A piston engine would use too much fuel, so he thought of using a gas turbine.
    • Unlike a piston engine, where reciprocating parts move up and down, the twin rotors in the Mazda just spin around.
    • Jet engines are crucial: They're faster than piston engines and far safer.
    • Jet engines have supplanted piston engines in commercial aircraft due to more power, greater speed, and better all-around performance.
    • Regardless of the technology, hybrids still rely on the piston engine as a primary power source.
    • H - 21s were powered by 1,425-horsepower radial piston engines and could carry 20 soldiers.
 
 
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