| 单词 | pressure groups |
| 释义 | pressure /preshˈər/noun
ORIGIN: L pressura, from premere to press pressurizāˈtion or pressurisāˈtion noun pressˈurize or pressˈurise transitive verb
pressure altitude noun (aeronautics) The apparent altitude of the local ambient pressure related to the international standard atmosphere pressure cabin noun A pressurized cabin in an aircraft pressˈure-cook transitive verb To cook in a pressure cooker pressure cooker noun A thick-walled pan with an airtight lid, in which food is cooked at speed by steam under high pressure pressure gradient noun (meteorology) The rate of change of the atmospheric pressure horizontally in a certain direction on the earth's surface as shown by isobars on a weather chart pressure group noun A number of people who join together to influence public opinion and government policy on some issue pressure helmet noun An airman's helmet for use with a pressure suit pressure point noun Any of various points on the body on which pressure may be exerted to relieve pain, control bleeding, etc pressure ridge noun A ridge formed by lateral pressure in floating ice in polar waters pressure sore noun A bedsore pressure suit noun An automatically inflating suit worn by aircraft crew against pressure-cabin failure at very high altitudes pressure therapy noun The therapeutic use of pressure points pressure-tube reactor noun A nuclear reactor in which the fuel elements are contained in many separate tubes rather than in a single pressure vessel pressure vessel noun
pressure waistcoat noun A waistcoat worn by aircraft crew through which oxygen passes under pressure to the lungs to aid breathing at high altitudes pressurized water reactor noun A nuclear reactor using water-cooling at a pressure such that the boiling point of the water is above the highest temperature reached (see also boiling-water reactor under boil1, light-water reactor under light2) |
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