| 单词 | ullage |
| 释义 | ullage[ uhl-ij ] / ˈʌl ɪdʒ / nounthe amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle. the quantity of wine, liquor, or the like, remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation, leakage, or use. Rocketry. the volume of a loaded tank of liquid propellant in excess of the volume of the propellant; the space provided for thermal expansion of the propellant and the accumulation of gases evolved from it. Origin of ullageFirst recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English ulage, oylage, from Anglo-French ulliage, from Old French ouillage, (h)eullage “wine needed to fill a cask,” equivalent to ouill(er), (a)ouill(er) “to fill (a cask)” (derivative of ouil “eye, hole, bunghole,” from Latin oculus ) + -age; see origin at eye, -age OTHER WORDS FROM ullageullaged, adjectiveWords nearby ullageulexite, ULF, Ulfilas, Ulhasnagar, uliginous, ullage, ullage rocket, Ullswater, ulluco, Ulm, ulmaceous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for ullageullage / (ˈʌlɪdʒ) / nounthe volume by which a liquid container falls short of being full
verb (tr)to create ullage in to determine the amount of ullage in to fill up ullage in Derived forms of ullageullaged, adjectiveWord Origin for ullageC15: from Old French ouillage filling of a cask, from ouiller to fill a cask, from ouil eye, from Latin oculus eye Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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