| 单词 | petcock |
| 释义 | petcockor pet cock[ pet-kok ] / ˈpɛtˌkɒk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR petcock ON THESAURUS.COM nouna small valve or faucet, as for draining off excess or waste material from the cylinder of a steam engine or an internal-combustion engine. Origin of petcock1860–65; pet, perhaps <French pet (see petard) + cock1 Words nearby petcockpétanque, petard, petasus, petaurist, Petavius, petcock, Pet.E., petechia, petechial, petechial hemorrhage, petechiate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for petcock
British Dictionary definitions for petcockpetcock / (ˈpɛtˌkɒk) / nouna small valve for checking the water level in a steam boiler or draining condensed steam from the cylinder of a steam engine Word Origin for petcockC19: from pet 1 or perhaps French pet, from péter to break wind + cock 1 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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