Blower
['bləʊə] or ['bloɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who, or that which, blows.
(n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc.
(n.) A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.
(n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.
(n.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.
(n.) A braggart, or loud talker.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you see glass-blowers at their work, denotes you will contemplate change in your business, which will appear for the better, but you will make it at a loss to yourself.
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例句/造句/用法:
- A brake was provided for in the specification, as were also variable gears for changing speed, and an automatic blower for the fire. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- You're a bridge-blower now. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I soon discovered my mistake and found him to be train-bearer and organ-blower to a whole procession of people. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I named Sunday at two o'clock, and immediately handed over his note to Mr. Livius, the amateur play-writer, French horn-blower, lady-killer, &c. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- They are now dropped through a blower, where the sawdust is separated from the pins. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- An electric blower exhausts all of the moisture from the air. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They are now specifically known by the name of the purpose to which they are applied, as air ship, ventilator, air brake, fan blower, air pistol, air spring, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This is seen in narrow stove chimneys, when a _sacheverell_ or blower is used, which still more contracts the narrow opening. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- In the electric shop, motor-driven blowers carry fumes and dust away from the worker and bring fresh air in. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The tablets of the most ancient days of Egypt, yet recovered, show glass blowers at work at their trade--and the names of the first and original inventors are buried in oblivion. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The blowers are two boxes, connected to the furnace by bamboo pipes, and provided with skin covers, which are alternately depressed by the feet and raised by cords from the spring poles. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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