单词 | swabbing |
释义 | swabbingn. The action of swab v.1; cleaning with (or as with) a swab or mop; the use of a swab or swabs. Also concrete (see quot. 1891). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > mopping or swabbing mopping1834 swabbing1840 society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > other procedures jar1865 run1880 round trip1900 shooting1914 swabbing1921 underreaming1922 acidization1934 squeeze cementing1938 mud logging1960 re-entry1961 stab1972 upending1976 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 110 The washing, swabbing, squilgeeing, &c., lasts..until eight o'clock. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table xi Sparrows..keep up such a swashing and swabbing..round..the water basins. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. i. 213 The larynx must be treated,..by ‘swabbing’. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Swabbing, that which is swept up by the swab, a mop used for cleaning the floors in woollen mills. 1921 W. H. Jeffery Deep Well Drilling xii. 338 Swabbing and agitating are sometimes effective in causing wells to resume flowing. 1930 W. H. Osgood Increasing Recov. Petroleum I. x. 169 Swabbing..may result in the forming of emulsions when the swab is run too low in the fluid and water is present. 1974 P. L. Moore et al. Drilling Pract. Man. xii. 302 When a viscous mud is being used, additional mud weight may be required because of swabbing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1840 |
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