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单词 bellows
释义 bellows
 —bellowslike,  adj.  
 /bel"ohz, -euhz/,  n.   (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
  1. a device for producing a strong current of air, consisting of a chamber that can be expanded to draw in air through a valve and contracted to expel it through a tube.
  2. anything resembling or suggesting bellows in form, as the collapsible part of a camera or enlarger.
  3. the lungs.
 [bef. 900; ME bel(o)wes (pl.), OE belg, short for blaest belg, pl. belgas blast-bag; c. D blaasbalg, G Blasebalg, ON belgr. See BELLY]
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