单词 | self-inflator |
释义 | self-inflatorn. a. An inflatable device designed to inflate itself automatically under particular circumstances. rare. ΚΠ 1865 U.S. Patent 48,539 1 (title) Self-inflator for raising sunken vessels, &c. 2011 G. Shea Mountain Treks Brit. Columbia i. 20 The term self-inflator is used because the mattress will inflate of its own accord when unpacked and rolled out with the valves open. ΚΠ 1892 Jrnl. Laryngol., Rhinol., & Otol. 6 5 (heading) The Eustachian self-inflator. 1908 Practitioner Jan. 123 Patients should never be taught to inflate themselves..by means of any of the so-called self-inflators. 1925 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Dec. 1121/1 In the intervals the patient might keep up the treatment for himself by the use of some form of self-inflator containing a few drops of diluted chloroform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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