单词 | duct |
释义 | duct —ductless, adj. /dukt/, n. 1. any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed. 2. Anat. , Zool. a tube, canal, or vessel conveying a body fluid, esp. a glandular secretion or excretion. 3. Bot. a cavity or vessel formed by elongated cells or by many cells. 4. Elect. a single enclosed runway for conductors or cables. 5. Print. (in a press) the reservoir for ink. v.t. 6. to convey or channel by means of a duct or ducts: Heat from the oven is ducted to the outside. [1640-50; < L ductus conveyance (of water), hence channel (in ML), equiv. to duc- (var. s. of ducere to lead) + -tus suffix of verbal action] |
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