| 单词 | slow-combustion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslow-combustion slow-combustion adj. operating by a relatively slow process of combustion; esp. designating a stove or heater which burns solid fuel in an enclosed space without an open flame. ΚΠ 1853 Belfast News Let. 9 Dec. (advt.) Improvements in heating. Musgrave's patent slow-combustion stove. 1878 Min. Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 52 115 It will be seen that the slow-combustion engines evaporate more water per lb. of fuel than the others. 1913 Shipbuilding & Shipping Rec. 4 Dec. 737/1 The idea that the Diesel was necessarily a slow-combustion engine was done away with. 1987 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 14 Nov. There are large electric and slow-combustion ranges in the kitchen, the latter also serving to boost house heating in winter. 2002 C. Bateson Rain May & Captain Daniel (2003) 12 Mother used to say that nothing cooked bread or soup as well as a slow combustion cooker. < as lemmas |
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