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单词 hose
释义

hose

/həʊz /
noun
1A flexible tube conveying water, used chiefly for watering plants and in firefighting: a sprinkler hose...
  • Than remove the drain hose from the drain line and place it, along with the inlet water hoses into the tube.
  • Many have taken to hiding their garden hoses or to watering plants after dark so that few questions are asked.
  • Water and fertilizer are dispersed to the plants via hoses, Y-connections and drip pins.

Synonyms

pipe, piping, tube, tubing, conduit, channel, line, duct, outlet, pipeline, siphon
2 [treated as plural] Stockings, socks, and tights (especially in commercial use): her hose had been laddered...
  • Get sexy and lean for night with black fishnet hose as favored by Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent.
  • If so, should you wear hose with them or brave the cold?
  • Thinking some more, I think you should definitely go without the hose.
2.1 historical Breeches: Elizabethan doublet and hose...
  • He was clad in a royal-looking doublet, hose and an over-tunic, which bore a crest.
verb [with object]
Water or spray with a hose: he was hosing down the driveway...
  • The carcasses are then hosed with hot water and sprayed with vinegar.
  • Surf lifesavers removed the 60 centimetre shark by hosing it with fresh water.
  • You sit down, stand up or lie on a table as you are hosed with warm sea water in places that help your circulation, or in some cases simply make you giggle.

Phrasal verbs

hose down

Origin

Old English hosa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoos 'stocking, water hose' and German Hosen 'trousers'. Originally singular, the term denoted a covering for the leg, sometimes including the foot but sometimes reaching only to the ankle.

Rhymes

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