Bellows
['beləʊz] or ['bɛloz]
解释:
(noun.) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument.
奥古斯汀录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
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解释:
n.pl. an instrument for producing a current of air so as to blow up a fire either in a kitchen a furnace or a forge—or for producing the current of air by which the pipes and reeds of an organ are sounded: (fig.) that which fans the fire of hatred jealousy &c.: the lungs.
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娱乐性解释：
Working a bellows, denotes a struggle, but a final triumph over poverty and fate by energy and perseverance. To dream of seeing a bellows, distant friends are longing to see you. To hear one, occult knowledge will be obtained by the help of powerful means. One fallen into disuse, portends you have wasted energies under misguiding impulses.
手打:瓦内萨
例句:
- Never mind him, my dear,' said the Jew, winking at Mr. Dawkins, and giving Master Bates a reproving tap with the nozzle of the bellows. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- But here was Brother Bellows, who had been in the great Bank case, and who could probably tell us more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Clym hastily put together the logs on the hearth, raked abroad the embers, which were scarcely yet extinct, and blew up a flame with the bellows. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Give her a whiff of fresh air with the bellows, Charley,' said Mr. Dawkins; 'and you slap her hands, Fagin, while Bill undoes the petticuts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- No gleam of fire, no glittering shower of sparks, no roar of bellows; all shut up, and still. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Near the bottom of the apparatus is a bellows O, which contains a spring tending to keep the lever N, with which it is connected by a rod X, in the position shown. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- There's a hole in thy poor bellows nowadays seemingly. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The heels of the workman, alternately raised, form alternately acting valves, and the skin cover, when depressed, acts as a bellows. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The Saracens produced from their baskets a quantity of charcoal, a pair of bellows, and a flask of oil. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- On seeing the master enter, the old woman stopped with the bellows on her knee, and said something that I thought sounded like 'My Charley! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- What did Brother Bellows put this new success at? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- In this manner ore and fuel are supplied and the bellows urged for three or four hours. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- I say he bellows! 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- Brothers Bellows and Bench struck in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- The first notable development of the Nineteenth Century was the introduction of the hot air blast in forges and furnaces where bellows or blowing apparatus was required. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
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