| 释义 |
ˈcomminutor
[Agent-n., in L. form, f. comminuĕre to comminute.]
1. An implement for pulverizing the soil after ploughing.
1859Jrnl. Agric. Soc. XX. i. 182 The land is previously ploughed, and then follows ‘the comminutor’.
2. A device for reducing the size of solid particles in sewage, consisting of a vertical slotted metal drum that rotates against one or more fixed cutting edges.
1939T. H. P. Veal Disposal of Sewage (ed. 2) iv. 52 A comminutor is an instrument for cutting up the coarser solids in sewage so that they may be removed in the form of sludge in a sedimentation tank. 1962Engineering 8 June 745/2 Domestic sewage and trade waste passes through comminutors where solids are macerated and passed forward to treatment. |