单词 | geyser |
释义 | geyser —geyseral, geyseric, adj. /guy"zeuhr, -seuhr/ for 1, 3; /gee"zeuhr/ for 2, n. 1. a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air. 2. Brit. Informal. a hot-water heater, as for a bath. v.i. 3. to spew forth as or like a geyser: the kettle geysering all over the stove. [1755-65; < Icel Geysir name of a hot spring in Iceland, lit., gusher, deriv. of geysa to gush] |
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