Pneumatic
[njuː'mætɪk] or [numætɪk]
解释:
(adj.) of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas); 'pneumatic drill'; 'pneumatic tire' .
亨廷顿编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Alt. of Pneumatical
手打:柴门霍夫
解释:
adj. relating to air: consisting of air: moved by air or wind.—n. (coll.) a bicycle fitted with pneumatic tires.—adv. Pneumat′ically.—n.sing. Pneumat′ics the science which treats of air and other elastic fluids or gases.—adj. Pneumatolog′ical.—ns. Pneumatol′ogist one versed in pneumatology; Pneumatol′ogy the science of elastic fluids: pneumatics: the branch of philosophy which treats of spirits or mind: (theol.) the doctrine of the Holy Spirit; Pneumatom′eter Pneumom′eter an instrument for measuring the quantity of air inhaled into the lungs at a single inspiration.—adj. Pneumogas′tric pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.—n. Pneumō′nia inflammation of the tissues of the lungs—also Pneu′monī′tis.—adj. Pneumon′ic pertaining to the lungs.—n. a medicine for lung diseases.—Pneumatic despatch a method of sending letters telegrams and small parcels through tubes by means of compressed air; Pneumatic railway a railway along which the carriages are driven by compressed air; Pneumatic trough a trough of wood or iron filled with water and used for collecting gases for experiment or examination; Pneumatic tire a flexible air-inflated tube used as a tire on cycles &c.
校对:米利森特
例句:
- The most important of all modern improvements on the bicycle was perhaps the pneumatic tire. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Pneumatic Transmission: Dodge's Air Blast Conveyor. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Manufacturing of malt by the pneumatic process, and stirring malt during germination, are among the improvements. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The press is served by two 200-ton cranes with hydraulic lift and pneumatic travel. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- But to enumerate the industrial arts to which air and other pneumatic machines have been adapted would be to catalogue them all. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- In many cases the combined use of both exhaust and compression pumps is necessary to secure the desired result; as, for example, in pneumatic dispatch tubes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- This was mounted on two pneumatic-tired wheels which were fitted to the front fork together with necessary steering devices. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The pneumatic bicycle tire could not exist without rubber, and the modern application of it to this use alone amounts to nearly four million pounds annually. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- It was quite natural that when the rubber cushion and pneumatic tires rounded the pleasure of easy and noiseless riding in vehicles that _Motor vehicles_ should be revived and improved. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Edison elaborated this principle in two other forms--one pneumatic and one electric--the latter being in essence a reciprocating motor. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- We have already had occasion to refer to Tilghman's sand blast in describing pneumatic apparatus. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The latest form of this device is what is known as the pneumatic balance lock system. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Innumerable Applications of Pneumatic Machines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- In the mean time Davy had been chosen superintendent of the Pneumatic Institution at Bristol by Dr. Beddoes, ts founder. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Even sportsmen were glad to seize upon them, and wheels of sulkies, provided with the pneumatic tires, have enabled them to lower the record of trotting horses. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- These were the discoveries with which Philosophy opened the nineteenth century so brilliantly in the field of Pneumatics. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
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