Suction
['sʌkʃ(ə)n] or ['sʌkʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a force over an area produced by a pressure difference.
(verb.) empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; 'suction the uterus in an abortion'.
(verb.) remove or draw away by the force of suction; 'the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs'.
錄入:希莉娅--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
錄入:昆西
解釋/意思:
n. act or power of sucking: act of drawing as fluids by exhausting the air.—n. Suc′tion-pump the common house-pump—not the force-pump.—adj. Suctō′rial adapted for sucking: living by sucking—also Suctō′rious.
整理:胡安妮塔
例句/造句/用法:
- The separation of the water is further assisted by suction boxes which extend across close beneath the upper run of the belt and are connected to suction pumps. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The lower view shows a suction dredge, which operates on soft mud or sands, pumping the discharge through the pipe seen at the left of the illustration. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In practice the tube is known as the suction pipe, and its valve as the suction valve. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Wery good power o' suction, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller the elder, looking into the pot, when his first-born had set it down half empty. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The pump or suction dredge operates by means of a flexible pipe connected with a powerful centrifugal pump. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
錄入:弗农