单词 | ventiduct |
释义 | ventiductn. 1. a. A pipe or passage serving to bring cool or fresh air into an apartment or place, esp. in Italy and other warm climates. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe funnel1555 ventiduct1615 ventoso1698 air pipe1748 ventilating tube1754 ventilation-pipe1823 airshaft1846 through-draught1852 duct1884 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 261 Cold winds..such as by vente~ducts from the vast caues aboue Padua they let into their roomes at their pleasure. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall 173 I have been informed of divers Ventiducts (as they call them) by very knowing Travellers that have observ'd them. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. 320 I would fain know what pain it was to the Persians..to make such ventiducts..as Xenophon reports they did. 1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived iv. 127 They stop their Sweats unseasonably by cold Air, by Fanning, Ventiducts, or Cold Baths. 1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. xxvii. 48 From these Caves arise extreame cold Winds..through certain subterranean Vaults, nam'd..Ventiducts: and..through all the Chambers..these Wind-Pipes, or Ventiducts, are discharg'd. 1818 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 19 18 [Copying Evelyn Acetaria ii. xi.] His scheme of a Royal Garden comprehended..precipices and ventiducts.] 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 106/1 Ventiduct, to bring in fresh air without dust or fog. b. A conduit for the passage of wind, air, or steam. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > passage, duct, or tube for conducting air ventiduct1686 air passage1771 air tube1877 air pipe1889 airline1893 1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 922 I..discover'd in severall dry places of the ground thereabouts, many little Ventiducts, passages, or clefts, where the Steam issued forth. 1725 J. Reynolds View of Death vii. 22 This channel is called by..english miners the drift; by Mr. Boyle, the ventiduct. 1843 in C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 177 A ventiduct, made of plank,..should extend from the centre. 2. attributive. Of a hat: = ventilatory adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > ventilatory ventilatory1850 ventiduct1862 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > of or relating to ventilation > ventilated well-aired1603 ventilated1736 aired1801 ventilatory1850 ventiduct1862 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4808 Patent corrugated ventiduct hat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1615 |
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