| 单词 | bellows |
| 释义 | bellows (once / 2149 pages) n A bellows is a bag-like device with handles that's used to blow air onto a fire to keep the flame burning. If you have a fireplace in your house, you might have a bellows too. The kind of bellows that provides extra oxygen to a dwindling fire is similar to other types of bellows: they all involve a bag of air. Various instruments use a bellows, to provide a constant flow of air. Accordions, some organs, and bagpipes all have this kind of bellows. In the 13th century, the word was belwes, literally "bags," from the Old English belg, "bag or purse." WORD FAMILYbellows: bellowses+/bellow: bellowed, bellower, bellowing, bellows/bellower: bellowers/bellowing: bellowings USAGE EXAMPLESEfforts to connect the war to fears of masculine inadequacy seem now almost as comical as Bellows’s work is macabre. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) She whinnys for him if he’s not nearby and he bellows back for her. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) “Britain’s last Remaining hope”, bellows a headline on the Politico website. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) n a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument Hyper blower a device that produces a current of air |
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