| 单词 | breathing tube |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreathing tube breathing tube n. a tube through which air or other gases pass; (chiefly) spec. (a) a natural tubular structure enabling a submerged aquatic organism to obtain air; (b) an artificial tube that supplies air or breathable gas to a person; spec. such a tube used with a respirator or ventilator. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [noun] > breathing tube breathing tube1800 siphon1826 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > specific equipment on submarine breathing tube1800 jumping-wire1919 snorkel1944 snort1944 1800 H. Davy Res. Nitrous Oxide 389 In the infancy of my researches, I often respired nitrous oxide in a large glass bell, furnished with a breathing tube and stopcock. 1815 S. Brookes Introd. Conchol. ii. 17 This division consists of two families; one having a windpipe or breathing tube projecting more or less beyond the edge of the shell nearly on the back of the animal. 1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 337/1 Some of these prints actually represent venturous wights, apparently cased in leather, with breathing tubes of the same material, descending from the [diving] bells. 1946 Jane's Fighting Ships 1944–5 229/2 The ‘Schnorkel’, or breathing tube,..enabled submarines to remain submerged for much longer periods. 2013 Jrnl. Med. Ethics 39 128 They put a breathing tube in her airway, and transported her urgently to hospital. 2015 S. Ball & R. Morris Britain's Hoverflies (ed. 2) 24 In Mallota and Myathropa the breathing tube is longer than the larva's body and consequently they are known as ‘rat-tailed maggots’. < as lemmas |
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