| 单词 | punkah |
| 释义 | punkah (once / 29475 pages) n WORD FAMILY punkah: punkahs USAGE EXAMPLESIn one of the rooms was a "punkah," an article of furniture rarely met with in a Chinese household. Scherzer, Karl Ritter von, Narrative of the Circumnavigation o...(2012) Great punkahs, moved by invisible hands, depended from the roof, and, waving to and fro, kept us cool. Stables, Gordon, Shireen and her Friends—Pages from...(2011) Two houseboys, one would valet the master, the other would trim lamps and pull the punkah, @ $6 12 per month. Sawyer, Frederic H., The Inhabitants of the Philippines(2011) n a large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling; used in India for circulating air in a room Hyper fan a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces |
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