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单词 sump
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Definition of sump in English:

sump

nounsʌmpsəmp
  • 1A pit or hollow in which liquid collects, especially one in the floor of a mine or cave.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Back then there were not many cave divers active in the Yorkshire Dales and most sumps were virtually unexplored.
    • The worst contamination was in the sump where leachate from the 230-acre site gathers before it is pumped back to the top of the tip, a council spokesman said.
    • Often, when a house with a basement has a sump pump to remove unwanted water, the sump can be capped so that it can continue to drain water and serve as the location for a radon suction pipe.
    • Besides providing a depository for the neighbouring heavy metals refinery, Bleak Pond forms a natural sump for the surrounding agricultural land, so harbours little aquatic life.
    • On surfacing in the lake at the far end I didn't quite make it out of the water and sank back down to the bottom of the sump.
    • Limited excavations have opened up gutters and a sump pool used to drain the caverns of groundwater.
    • The third day, we ascended to 14,000-foot Mawenzi Tarn, a mucky natural sump nestled against the jagged brown peak of Mawenzi itself.
    • Seepage of groundwater into the shaft from the shaft penetrations is currently collected by a system of gravity feed lines into sumps and tanks at mine level and subsequently pumped to the ground surface for disposal.
    • On that basis I had decided when I started caving that the ‘reckless’ practice undertaken by cavers of free-diving sumps was not for me.
    • For years, I'd been rather paranoid about water, avoiding sumps and ducks as much as possible.
    • The same water after filtration, can be directed to flow into a recharge well or the underground sump.
    • All the leachate drains by gravity from the leachate collection layer to a sump, from which it is pumped out of the landfill for treatment and disposal.
    • The character of the cave changes, and from here to the sump, the stream flows in a large tunnel.
    • The climb lands in a pool, from which the water flows off left and down a steep shaft for 10m to a little sump.
    • Rain seeping through the ground into your basement or crawl space may appear as damp, moldy walls or may be handled by a sump pump.
    • At the bottom a stream runs along the floor and into the foam topped sump.
    • Provision has also been made for changing rooms and for a plant room for the swimming pool, a wrap-around deck, new entrance gates, a biocycle waste unit and a sump to accommodate the swimming pool overflow.
    • Putting these pipes in a covered lined trench with a high level alarm, protected collection sump, is the only way of being sure of not causing off-site contamination.
    • The firm also claimed that each skip had four drainage holes to allow waste liquid to drain into a sump.
    • Natural light seeps through to every sump, and it is magical to drift through the maze of stalactites studded with reflective crystals, the light dancing in the beams of our torches.
    Synonyms
    marsh, marshland, swamp, swampland, mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slough, fen, fenland, wetland, carr
    1. 1.1 A cesspool.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If all houses and apartment complexes keep their water tanks and sumps clean and treated with chlorine frequently, mosquito breeding can be prevented to an extent.
      • A 15-foot-deep sewage sump close to the lake will affect ground water and the aquifer (a water-bearing stratum of earth).
      • A waste sump overflowed in September causing hundreds of gallons of contaminated water to pour into the Gullielands Burn which flows through the Chapelcross site.
      • ‘No power in our house also means we cannot pump water from the sumps to the tank,’ Mukund, a resident, complained.
      • If my sump pump spewed sewage through my neighbor's basement window, it might be argued with some justification that I should cover her Rug Doctor rental.
  • 2The base of an internal combustion engine, which serves as a reservoir of oil for the lubrication system.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the moment, the closest most engine analysts get is taking average readings from the piston crank and the oil sump.
    • Tomlinson co-drives for his son Adam in an MG Midget, and they hit trouble on the 17-mile Radnor stage when they cracked the sump towards the end of the stage.
    • The wall will route the oil selectively to the oil sump, simultaneously separating it from the crankcase to minimize oil foaming.
    • One simple way to monitor leakage is to draw a chalk line in your sump to record its containment level and check it regularly for any unplanned loss.
    • It can run past the rings and cause the motor to bend rods, which is very costly and makes a mess in the water when the oil sump is ruptured.
    • The impact cracked the sump and although the crew tried to make repairs on the following liaison section, the oil leaked from the engine and they retired.
    • The Tribunal found that the vehicle was seriously damaged: a hole was blown in the sump.
    • They prevent the fuel/air mixture and exhaust in the combustion chamber from leaking into the sump during compression and combustion.
    • There is also a ladder frame assembly between the sump and crankcase.
    • After such a long time in storage, all the oil will have drained to the sump.
    • The front diff bolts directly to the engine's oil sump.
    • The oil will not have time to drain to the sump, so in this case it's better to turn the engine off and start it again later.
    • Older engines used a camshaft located in the sump near the crankshaft.
    • These will get into the oil where they will be collected by the oil filter and a filter in the sump, which means any debris is unlikely to stay in the engine for long.
    • One car's sump was seriously damaged by obstacles left in roadways by skateboarders.
    • Beneath the body was a dark liquid stain that looked as if it might have been left by oil dripped from the leaky sump of a parked car or an evaporated puddle of rainwater.
    • ‘I nearly ripped off the sump on the curbs, and I was so worried about the car I went off the track at the next corner,’ says James.
    • Also set in stone were the cylinder bore diameter, the block's minimum deck height, and the minimum distance from the crank centerline to the sump.
    • A new cast-aluminum oil sump for the V - 6 improves both cooling performance and off-road damage resistance.
    • Precisely how an engine is sealed will depend on its layout, but typically we will link the cam covers to the cylinder heads, and the sump to the block.
    Synonyms
    receptacle, container, holder, repository, tank

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'marsh'): from Middle Dutch or Low German sump, or (in the mining sense) from German Sumpf; related to swamp.

  • swamp from early 17th century:

    Swamp is first found in the compound ‘swampwater’ and probably goes back to a Germanic root with the senses ‘sponge, fungus’. Sump (Middle English) is probably related, as it is first found with the meaning ‘swamp’.

Rhymes

bump, chump, clump, crump, dump, flump, frump, gazump, grump, jump, lump, outjump, plump, pump, rump, scrump, slump, stump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump
 
 

Definition of sump in US English:

sump

nounsəmpsəmp
  • 1A pit or hollow in which liquid collects, especially one in the floor of a mine or basement.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Back then there were not many cave divers active in the Yorkshire Dales and most sumps were virtually unexplored.
    • Besides providing a depository for the neighbouring heavy metals refinery, Bleak Pond forms a natural sump for the surrounding agricultural land, so harbours little aquatic life.
    • Rain seeping through the ground into your basement or crawl space may appear as damp, moldy walls or may be handled by a sump pump.
    • The same water after filtration, can be directed to flow into a recharge well or the underground sump.
    • For years, I'd been rather paranoid about water, avoiding sumps and ducks as much as possible.
    • All the leachate drains by gravity from the leachate collection layer to a sump, from which it is pumped out of the landfill for treatment and disposal.
    • Putting these pipes in a covered lined trench with a high level alarm, protected collection sump, is the only way of being sure of not causing off-site contamination.
    • The climb lands in a pool, from which the water flows off left and down a steep shaft for 10m to a little sump.
    • The firm also claimed that each skip had four drainage holes to allow waste liquid to drain into a sump.
    • The worst contamination was in the sump where leachate from the 230-acre site gathers before it is pumped back to the top of the tip, a council spokesman said.
    • On surfacing in the lake at the far end I didn't quite make it out of the water and sank back down to the bottom of the sump.
    • Limited excavations have opened up gutters and a sump pool used to drain the caverns of groundwater.
    • The character of the cave changes, and from here to the sump, the stream flows in a large tunnel.
    • On that basis I had decided when I started caving that the ‘reckless’ practice undertaken by cavers of free-diving sumps was not for me.
    • Provision has also been made for changing rooms and for a plant room for the swimming pool, a wrap-around deck, new entrance gates, a biocycle waste unit and a sump to accommodate the swimming pool overflow.
    • Seepage of groundwater into the shaft from the shaft penetrations is currently collected by a system of gravity feed lines into sumps and tanks at mine level and subsequently pumped to the ground surface for disposal.
    • Natural light seeps through to every sump, and it is magical to drift through the maze of stalactites studded with reflective crystals, the light dancing in the beams of our torches.
    • Often, when a house with a basement has a sump pump to remove unwanted water, the sump can be capped so that it can continue to drain water and serve as the location for a radon suction pipe.
    • The third day, we ascended to 14,000-foot Mawenzi Tarn, a mucky natural sump nestled against the jagged brown peak of Mawenzi itself.
    • At the bottom a stream runs along the floor and into the foam topped sump.
    Synonyms
    marsh, marshland, swamp, swampland, mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slough, fen, fenland, wetland, carr
    1. 1.1 A cesspool.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘No power in our house also means we cannot pump water from the sumps to the tank,’ Mukund, a resident, complained.
      • If my sump pump spewed sewage through my neighbor's basement window, it might be argued with some justification that I should cover her Rug Doctor rental.
      • A 15-foot-deep sewage sump close to the lake will affect ground water and the aquifer (a water-bearing stratum of earth).
      • A waste sump overflowed in September causing hundreds of gallons of contaminated water to pour into the Gullielands Burn which flows through the Chapelcross site.
      • If all houses and apartment complexes keep their water tanks and sumps clean and treated with chlorine frequently, mosquito breeding can be prevented to an extent.
  • 2The base of an internal combustion engine, which serves as a reservoir of oil for the lubrication system.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the moment, the closest most engine analysts get is taking average readings from the piston crank and the oil sump.
    • Beneath the body was a dark liquid stain that looked as if it might have been left by oil dripped from the leaky sump of a parked car or an evaporated puddle of rainwater.
    • It can run past the rings and cause the motor to bend rods, which is very costly and makes a mess in the water when the oil sump is ruptured.
    • Older engines used a camshaft located in the sump near the crankshaft.
    • The Tribunal found that the vehicle was seriously damaged: a hole was blown in the sump.
    • Also set in stone were the cylinder bore diameter, the block's minimum deck height, and the minimum distance from the crank centerline to the sump.
    • They prevent the fuel/air mixture and exhaust in the combustion chamber from leaking into the sump during compression and combustion.
    • The oil will not have time to drain to the sump, so in this case it's better to turn the engine off and start it again later.
    • After such a long time in storage, all the oil will have drained to the sump.
    • One car's sump was seriously damaged by obstacles left in roadways by skateboarders.
    • One simple way to monitor leakage is to draw a chalk line in your sump to record its containment level and check it regularly for any unplanned loss.
    • Precisely how an engine is sealed will depend on its layout, but typically we will link the cam covers to the cylinder heads, and the sump to the block.
    • There is also a ladder frame assembly between the sump and crankcase.
    • The wall will route the oil selectively to the oil sump, simultaneously separating it from the crankcase to minimize oil foaming.
    • Tomlinson co-drives for his son Adam in an MG Midget, and they hit trouble on the 17-mile Radnor stage when they cracked the sump towards the end of the stage.
    • ‘I nearly ripped off the sump on the curbs, and I was so worried about the car I went off the track at the next corner,’ says James.
    • The impact cracked the sump and although the crew tried to make repairs on the following liaison section, the oil leaked from the engine and they retired.
    • These will get into the oil where they will be collected by the oil filter and a filter in the sump, which means any debris is unlikely to stay in the engine for long.
    • The front diff bolts directly to the engine's oil sump.
    • A new cast-aluminum oil sump for the V - 6 improves both cooling performance and off-road damage resistance.
    Synonyms
    receptacle, container, holder, repository, tank

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘marsh’): from Middle Dutch or Low German sump, or (in the mining sense) from German Sumpf; related to swamp.

 
 
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