单词 | tail-pipe |
释义 | tail-pipen. 1. The suction pipe of a pump. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > sucker or suction pipe sucker1611 supper1611 suction pipe1793 wind-bore1797 suction tube1863 tail-pipe1883 suction1886 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Tail-pipe. 1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xi. 124 A suction-box or valve chest..is fitted beneath the pump and connected to the bottom thereof by the tail pipe shown. 2. a. Aeronautics. (See quot. 1933.) Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > other parts oil thrower1903 tail-pipe1922 inertia starter1929 torch igniter1948 1922 L. S. Marks Airplane Engine xvii. 423 For durability the muffler should be attached to the end of a tail pipe 6 or 8 ft. long which will cool the gases sufficiently. 1933 Brit. Standards Inst. Specif. CLXXXV. (Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms) vi. 53 Tail pipe, a pipe which leads exhaust gases away from a manifold. 1956 C. W. Smith Aircraft Gas Turbines viii. 167 The exhaust gas pipe from the turbine is conducted to the propulsion nozzle through a duct (often called tailpipe). 1956 [see sense 2b]. 1973 Physics Bull. Dec. 728/1 This difference is often referred to as ‘excess’ or ‘tailpipe’ noise. Work to date has identified this noise source as being associated with the aerodynamic environment in the core exhaust system. b. U.S. The exhaust-pipe of a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > exhaust-pipe exhaust-pipe1889 exhaust stack1927 tail-pipe1956 stack1961 1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 511/1 Tail~pipe.., an exhaust pipe for escape of gases generated in an internal combustion engine; specif. in a jet engine, the pipelike structure aft of the exhaust nozzle. 1961 E. A. Venk Automotive Fund. (ed. 2) xi. 179/2 The tail pipe is a long winding pipe which is connected to the muffler... Two tail pipes are used in a dual exhaust system. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 121 Unless you remembered to bear right the tailpipe would scrape on the rocks. 1973 Sunday Bull. (Philadelphia) 14 Oct. (Parade Suppl.) 16/3 Unfortunately the tailpipe didn't clear the underside of the car. 1979 D. Anthony Long Hard Cure iv. 33 Lorraine's car was parked..with the tailpipe backed into a hedge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021). tail-pipev. transitive. To tie a tin can or the like to the tail of (a dog, etc.) to distress and frighten him. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)] > an animal in specific way vex1625 worry1807 canister1815 tail-pipe1815 1815 Sporting Mag. 45 256 A party of men and boys..having tail-piped a dog for the humane purpose of making sport of its agonies. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. ii. 48 Even ‘the Boys’..tail-piped not his dog. Derivatives ˈtail-piped adj. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [adjective] > of an animal in specific way tail-piped1881 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) liv He..rushed away headlong, like a tail-piped dog, carrying our men after him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1883v.1815 |
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