air pumpn.

Brit.

/ˈɛː pʌmp/, U.S.

/ˈɛr ˌpəmp/

Forms: see air n.¹ and pump n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, pump n.¹

Etymology: < air n.¹ + pump n.¹ In sense 2 after scientific Latin Antlia Pneumatica (1763): see antlia n. 1.

1. A device for pumping air out of or into a container or enclosed space.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > air-pump

squirt1598

air pump1653

sucking-pump1660

wind-pump1660

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. ii. §9 The Sucker of the Air-pump, the Cylinder being well emptied of the Air, should draw up above an hundred pound weight.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 121 That excellent Tractate of Experiments of Esq. Boyle's, with his Pneumatical Engin or Ayr-pump.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 21. ¶7 For want of other Patients [they] amuse themselves with the stifling of Cats in an Air Pump.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 94 Like cats in air-pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive.

1802 R. Trevithick & A. Vivian Brit. Patent 2599 In the steam engines constructed and applied according to our said Invention..we use a new method of condensing by an injection above the bucket of the air pump.

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 356/1 A small but powerful direct-acting steam-engine..operates the air-pump.

1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxviii. 465 The gas then passes through a rotary air-pump, known as the exhauster, which serves to maintain a slight negative pressure on the retorts.

1998 T. C. Boyle Riven Rock 219 Every motorist routinely carried a jack and tire iron, an air pump, tire patches and spare inner tubes.

2. Astronomy. With the and capital initial. (The English name of) the constellation Antlia. Chiefly as a conscious translation.

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the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun]

telescopec1795

Telescopiumc1795

air pump1807

table mountain1837

mensa1847

Men1922

table1978

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. 792b (in figure) Fig. 518. Projection of the southern hemisphere... Air Pump.

1834 Penny Cycl. II. 129/1 Antlia Pneumatica, the air-pump, a constellation in the southern hemisphere, named by Lacaille.

1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets iv. 114 Antlia (the Air Pump).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	air pump
释义	air pumpn. Brit. /ˈɛː pʌmp/, U.S. /ˈɛr ˌpəmp/ Forms: see air n.¹ and pump n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, pump n.¹ Etymology: < air n.¹ + pump n.¹ In sense 2 after scientific Latin Antlia Pneumatica (1763): see antlia n. 1. 1. A device for pumping air out of or into a container or enclosed space. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > air-pump squirt1598 air pump1653 sucking-pump1660 wind-pump1660 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. ii. §9 The Sucker of the Air-pump, the Cylinder being well emptied of the Air, should draw up above an hundred pound weight. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 121 That excellent Tractate of Experiments of Esq. Boyle's, with his Pneumatical Engin or Ayr-pump. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 21. ¶7 For want of other Patients [they] amuse themselves with the stifling of Cats in an Air Pump. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) v. 94 Like cats in air-pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. 1802 R. Trevithick & A. Vivian Brit. Patent 2599 In the steam engines constructed and applied according to our said Invention..we use a new method of condensing by an injection above the bucket of the air pump. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 356/1 A small but powerful direct-acting steam-engine..operates the air-pump. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxviii. 465 The gas then passes through a rotary air-pump, known as the exhauster, which serves to maintain a slight negative pressure on the retorts. 1998 T. C. Boyle Riven Rock 219 Every motorist routinely carried a jack and tire iron, an air pump, tire patches and spare inner tubes. 2. Astronomy. With the and capital initial. (The English name of) the constellation Antlia. Chiefly as a conscious translation. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] telescopec1795 Telescopiumc1795 air pump1807 table mountain1837 mensa1847 Men1922 table1978 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. 792b (in figure) Fig. 518. Projection of the southern hemisphere... Air Pump. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 129/1 Antlia Pneumatica, the air-pump, a constellation in the southern hemisphere, named by Lacaille. 1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets iv. 114 Antlia (the Air Pump). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1653
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