| 释义 |
safety valveˈsafety valve noun [countable]   - Humor can be a safety valve in high pressure situations.
- Do these eruptions act as a safety valve or will they lead to a cataclysm?
- Fortuitously, the advancing Union forces operated as a safety valve.
- It is a safety valve, you might say a brothel of the mind.
- So far the devaluation has acted as a safety valve for the most immediate pressures.
- Sometimes, a safety valve may be fitted into the boiler flow pipe; a draincock is always fitted in the return.
- Then an interesting phenomenon takes place: they become a safety valve.
► Engineeringboiler, nouncamshaft, nounchuck, nouncollar, nounconsole, nouncylinder, noundecompress, verbdiggings, noundrag, nounengagement, nounengine, nounengineer, nounengineer, verbexhaust, nounhydraulics, nounlubricant, nounlubricate, verbmetal fatigue, nounperformance, nounpipe fitter, nounpipeline, nounpiston, nounplunger, nounregulator, nounrig, nounrivet, verbrotary, adjectivesafety valve, nounseparator, nounshaft, nounshockproof, adjectivesparking plug, nounspark plug, nounspindle, nounstarter, nounstreamline, verbtheodolite, nountorsion, nountruss, nountune, verbtune-up, nountunnel, verbturboprop, nounwind tunnel, noun 1a part of a machine that allows gas, steam etc to escape when the pressure becomes too great2something that allows you to get rid of strong feelings without doing any harm:  Being able to express emotion is a healthy safety valve for the relationship. |