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单词 geyser
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gey•ser /ˈgaɪzɚ, -sɚ for 1.; ˈgizɚ for 2. USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Geologya hot spring that sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.
  2. British Termsa hot-water heater.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gey•ser  (gī′zər, -sər for 1, 3; gē′zər for 2),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Geologya hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.
  2. British Termsa hot-water heater, as for a bath.

v.i. 
  1. Geologyto spew forth as or like a geyser:the kettle geysering all over the stove.
  • Icelandic Geysir name of a hot spring in Iceland, literally, gusher, derivative of geysa to gush
  • 1755–65
gey′ser•al, gey′ser•ic, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
geyser /ˈɡiːzə; US: ˈɡaɪzər/ n
  1. a spring that discharges steam and hot water
  2. Brit a domestic gas water heater
Etymology: 18th Century: from Icelandic Geysir, from Old Norse geysa to gush
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