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单词 water crane
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water cranen.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtə kreɪn/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌkreɪn/, /ˈwɑdər ˌkreɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., crane n.1
Etymology: < water n. + crane n.1
1. Apparently: a pump or siphon for raising water. Obsolete.
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1658 T. Willsford Natures Secrets 156 From hence it is, that the Air in Water-cranes and pumps being sucked out, the waters..are forced to rise.
2. Railways. An upright stem with a pivoted horizontal arm at the top that can be swung over a railway vehicle to deliver water into it. Now chiefly historical.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > device for supplying water
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1839 Railway Times 31 Aug. 664/3 The permanent station, engine-house, reservoirs, and water crane at Stratford, have been completed.
1899 Amer. & Eng. Railroad Cases 11 534 The engineer leaned out of his engine to look for the signal, when his head struck against a water-crane near the track and he was killed.
1905 Sci. Amer. 4 Feb. 106/3 It [sc. the train's water tank] was found nearly empty, although filled at the water crane but a short time before.
1945 F. H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue ii. 9 He never dawdled at coal chutes, water cranes, or cinder-pit tracks.
1997 S. Pilcher in P. Burman & M. Stratton Conserving Railway Heritage ix. 139 Locomotives being lit up both in and outside the shed, being watered from the water cranes, and then moving across to the coaling stage.
3. A crane worked by hydraulic power. rare.
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1849 J. Glynn Constr. Cranes 112 The Water Cranes shown..are Two Self-Acting Machines.
1916 J. A. L. Waddell Bridge Engin. II. lxxx. 1940 Water crane, a crane operated by means of hydraulic pressure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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