| 单词 | spirit thermometer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit thermometer spirit thermometer n. a thermometer in which the working liquid is alcohol. ΚΠ 1701 Philos. Trans. 1700–1 (Royal Soc.) 22 sig. Iiiiii4 A B represents the Spirit-Thermometer, graduated from 0 of the freezing point, through all the possible degrees of the heat or cold of the Air. 1843 J. F. Daniell Introd. Study Chem. Philos. (ed. 2) 162 A jet of liquid carbonic acid directed upon the bulb of a spirit thermometer will sink it to 130° below 0. 1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) i. 4 The temperature of the air is usually obtained from the readings of mercury or spirit thermometers. 2012 G. Black Empire of Shadows ii. 252 On the eve of departure, presumably with the aid of a spirit thermometer, someone measured the temperature as forty-four below. < as lemmas |
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