英语词汇“gasometer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gasometer

/ɡaˈsɒmɪtə

noun

A large metal tank, typically cylindrical, in which gas for use as fuel is stored before being distributed through pipes to consumers.The expired gas was measured in a wet gasometer....

The design takes its cue from redundant gasometer and gantry structures adjoining the site.
What could be better than, instead of tearing down its one remaining - and in aesthetic terms, extremely attractive - gasometer, to keep it, and supplement its worth by bringing other fine examples from across the UK to join it?

Origin

Late 18th century (in the sense 'container for holding or measuring a gas'): from French gazomètre, from gaz 'gas' + -mètre '(instrument) measuring'.

单词	gasometer
释义	gasometer /ɡaˈsɒmɪtə / noun A large metal tank, typically cylindrical, in which gas for use as fuel is stored before being distributed through pipes to consumers.The expired gas was measured in a wet gasometer.... The design takes its cue from redundant gasometer and gantry structures adjoining the site. What could be better than, instead of tearing down its one remaining - and in aesthetic terms, extremely attractive - gasometer, to keep it, and supplement its worth by bringing other fine examples from across the UK to join it? Origin Late 18th century (in the sense 'container for holding or measuring a gas'): from French gazomètre, from gaz 'gas' + -mètre '(instrument) measuring'. Rhymes accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, geometer, manometer, micrometer, milometer, olfactometer, optometer, pedometer, photometer, pyrometer, speedometer, swingometer, tachometer, thermometer
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