单词 | spirit engine |
释义 | > as lemmasspirit engine spirit engine n. †(a) a machine that draws up spirits from a cask in the cellar (obsolete); (b) now historical an internal combustion engine. ΚΠ 1810 Mirror (Bristol) 28 Apr. A Metallic Composition as a substitute for Brass, in forming the Cylinders of Beer and Spirit Engines. 1889 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 2 Aug. 472/3 The use of petroleum as fuel working a spirit engine. 1901 Western Times 13 Sept. 1/3 (advt.) Bar Counters, Beer and Spirit Engines,..Tankards, Spirit Barrels. 1986 Irish Arts Rev. 3 27/2 Alphonse Beau de Rochas..first designed the four-stroke gas or ‘spirit’ engine which has been the basis of the world's motor industry ever since. < as lemmas |
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