单词 | forcing-pump |
释义 | forcing-pumpn. = force-pump n. 1, 2. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pump The Forcing-Pump,..raises Water to any Height at pleasure. 1796 S. Vince Princ. Hydrostat. viii. 110 Some kinds of Forcing Pumps &c. act by condensed air. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 322/1 A substitute for the Forcing-pump in supplying Steam Boilers. 1842 H. Rogers Ess. I. i. 26 His mind was a fountain, not a forcing-pump. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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