单词 | air pipe |
释义 | air pipen. A pipe for the supply or passage of air, as a bronchial tube, a ventilation pipe, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > respiratory passages > bronchial tubes lung-pipe1562 air pipe1668 bronchia1675 bronchus1706 bronchiole1866 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe funnel1555 ventiduct1615 ventoso1698 air pipe1748 ventilating tube1754 ventilation-pipe1823 airshaft1846 through-draught1852 duct1884 the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > passage, duct, or tube for conducting air ventiduct1686 air passage1771 air tube1877 air pipe1889 airline1893 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. x. 119/2 Lactantius terms it [sc. the trachea] Spiritualis Fistula, the Spirit or Air-Pipe, because the Air is breathed in and out thereby [L. Lactantio spiritus fistula, quod ea spriritus reciprocus trahatur]. 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 160 The Furnace Air-pipes..are placed to pass through the Fire and Brick-work. 1748 E. Boscawen Let. 9 Apr. in R. Mead Wks. (1775) 324 The airpipes fixed in the men of war have been of great service in this particular. 1799 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 4 304 A ventilator within drew fresh air through one of the air pipes, and discharged it into the lower part of the vessel. 1836 Times 8 Aug. 7/2 A scheme..is about to be adopted for increasing the temperature of the building by means of an air pipe. 1889 F. R. Stockton Great War Syndicate vi. 84 If the air-pipes..could be rendered useless the crew [of the submarine vessel] must inevitably be smothered. 1899 W. S. Churchill River War I. i. 2 The Soudan is joined to Egypt by the Nile, as a diver is connected with the surface by his air-pipe. 1919 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46 95 From the Bunsen filter pump apparatus, numerous lateral tubes can be attached to a main air pipe leading from the pump. 1971 N. Brown Antarctic Housewife xiii. 162 Quite a lot of water was finding its way below decks, through not-so-tight watertight doors, leaking bolt holes, air pipes, ventilators and similar deck fittings. 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 5 Dec. 38 Men are also more susceptible [to snoring] as they tend to accumulate more fat around the neck as they age and have narrower air pipes than women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1668 |
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